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اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِاَصْحٰبِ الْفِيْلِۗ  ( الفيل: ١ )

alam
أَلَمْ
Have not
tara
تَرَ
you seen
kayfa
كَيْفَ
how
faʿala
فَعَلَ
dealt
rabbuka
رَبُّكَ
your Lord
bi-aṣḥābi
بِأَصْحَٰبِ
with (the) Companions
l-fīli
ٱلْفِيلِ
(of the) Elephant?

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

Tafsir

اَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِيْ تَضْلِيْلٍۙ  ( الفيل: ٢ )

alam
أَلَمْ
Did not
yajʿal
يَجْعَلْ
He make
kaydahum
كَيْدَهُمْ
their plan
فِى
go
taḍlīlin
تَضْلِيلٍ
astray?

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

Tafsir

وَّاَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا اَبَابِيْلَۙ  ( الفيل: ٣ )

wa-arsala
وَأَرْسَلَ
And He sent
ʿalayhim
عَلَيْهِمْ
against them
ṭayran
طَيْرًا
birds
abābīla
أَبَابِيلَ
(in) flocks

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

Tafsir

تَرْمِيْهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّنْ سِجِّيْلٍۙ  ( الفيل: ٤ )

tarmīhim
تَرْمِيهِم
Striking them
biḥijāratin
بِحِجَارَةٍ
with stones
min
مِّن
of
sijjīlin
سِجِّيلٍ
baked clay

Striking them with stones of hard clay.

Tafsir

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُوْلٍ ࣖ   ( الفيل: ٥ )

fajaʿalahum
فَجَعَلَهُمْ
Then He made them
kaʿaṣfin
كَعَصْفٍ
like straw
makūlin
مَّأْكُولٍۭ
eaten up

And He made them like eaten straw.

Tafsir
Quran Info (About) :
Al-Fil
القرآن الكريم:الفيل
Ayah Sajadat (سجدة):-
Surah Name (latin):Al-Fil
Chapter:105
Surah Alias:-
Surah Title:The Elephant
Number of verses:5
Total Words:20
Total Characters:96
Number of Rukūʿs:1
Classification
(Revelation Location):
Meccan
Revelation Order:19
Starting from verse:6188