Al-Fil -- The Elephant
5 verses · meccan
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant
Ayah 1أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلࣲ
Did He not make their plan into misguidance
Ayah 2وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And He sent against them birds in flocks
Ayah 3تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةࣲ مِّن سِجِّيلࣲ
Striking them with stones of hard clay
Ayah 4فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفࣲ مَّأۡكُولِۭ
And He made them like eaten straw
Ayah 5