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Surah 105 · 5 verses

Surah Al-Fil

سورة الفيل

The Elephant. Read the complete surah, listen to its recitation or choose a short range to repeat.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

105:1Juz 30 · Madinah page 601

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant?

105:2Juz 30 · Madinah page 601

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

Did He not make their plan go wrong?

105:3Juz 30 · Madinah page 601

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

He sent against them swarms of birds.

105:4Juz 30 · Madinah page 601

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

Throwing at them rocks of baked clay.

105:5Juz 30 · Madinah page 601

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

Leaving them like chewed-up leaves.

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