Chapter 105

The ElephantAl-Fil (الفيل)

5 verses • revealed at Meccan

1 أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?
2 أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?
3 وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
4 تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Striking them with stones of baked clay.
5 فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up.