Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant)

English - Yusuf Ali Translation5 Aya count
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أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَیۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡفِیلِ ﴿١﴾
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?(1)
Tafseer:
أَلَمۡ یَجۡعَلۡ كَیۡدَهُمۡ فِی تَضۡلِیلࣲ ﴿٢﴾
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?(2)
Tafseer:
وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ طَیۡرًا أَبَابِیلَ ﴿٣﴾
And He sent against them Flights of Birds,(3)
Tafseer:
تَرۡمِیهِم بِحِجَارَةࣲ مِّن سِجِّیلࣲ ﴿٤﴾
Striking them with stones of baked clay.(4)
Tafseer:
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفࣲ مَّأۡكُولِۭ ﴿٥﴾
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up.(5)
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