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. |