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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
fī
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