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Surah 105

The Elephant

سُورَةُ الفِيلِ

Al-Fil · Meccan

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    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

    Transliteration: Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel

    Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

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    أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ

    Transliteration: Alam yaj'al kai dahum fee tad leel

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

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    وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

    Transliteration: Wa arsala 'alaihim tairan abaabeel

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,

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    تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ

    Transliteration: Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

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    فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

    Transliteration: Faja 'alahum ka'asfim m'akool

    And He made them like eaten straw.

Translation edition: en.sahih

Verse audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy (128kbps via islamic.network CDN).

Text and translations: api.alquran.cloud · Uthmani Arabic.

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