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الفيل

Surah Al-Fil

The Elephant · Meccan · 5 verses

Al-Fil (“The Elephant”) is the 105th surah of the Quran, a Meccan surah of 5 verses in juz 30, page 601 of the Madani mushaf. Read it below in the Uthmani script with the Saheeh International translation, and play any verse recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 105:1

    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ ﴿١﴾

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

  2. 105:2

    أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ ﴿٢﴾

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

  3. 105:3

    وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ﴿٣﴾

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,

  4. 105:4

    تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ ﴿٤﴾

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

  5. 105:5

    فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ ﴿٥﴾

    And He made them like eaten straw.

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Text and translations: Tanzil Uthmani and translators via alquran.cloud · Audio: everyayah.com