Surahs
سورة الفيل
The Elephant · Meccan Revelation · 5 verses · Juz 30
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ
Transliteration
Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel
Translation
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Transliteration
Alam yaj'al kai dahum fee tad leel
Translation
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Transliteration
Wa arsala 'alaihim tairan abaabeel
Translation
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ
Transliteration
Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel
Translation
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولٍ
Transliteration
Faja 'alahum ka'asfim m'akool
Translation
And He made them like eaten straw.