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Surah The Elephant [Al-fil] in English

Surah The Elephant [Al-fil] Ayah 5 Location Maccah Number 105

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ ﴿١﴾

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the Owners of the Elephant

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ ﴿٢﴾

Did He not make their plot go astray

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ﴿٣﴾

And He sent against them birds, in flocks (Ababil).

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ ﴿٤﴾

Striking them with stones of Sijjil.

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ ﴿٥﴾

And He made them like `Asf, Ma'kul.