بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
سُورَةُ الفِيلِ
Al-FilThe Elephant
Meccan
5 verses~1 minRecalls the year of the Prophet's birth, when God turned back Abraha's army and its war-elephant from the Ka'ba using flocks of birds.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
And He made them like eaten straw.
About Surah Al-Fil
Frequently asked questions
- How many verses are in Surah Al-Fil?
- Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant) is chapter 105 of the Quran and contains 5 verses.
- Was Surah Al-Fil revealed in Mecca or Medina?
- Surah Al-Fil is a Meccan surah — the 105th chapter of the Quran.
- What is Surah Al-Fil about?
- Recalls the year of the Prophet's birth, when God turned back Abraha's army and its war-elephant from the Ka'ba using flocks of birds.