Al-Fil
سُورَةُ الفِيلِ
The Elephant · Meccan · 5 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Arabic:
2.2
1
أَلَمْتَرَكَيْفَفَعَلَرَبُّكَبِأَصْحَـٰبِٱلْفِيلِ
ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer dealt with the Army of the Elephant?
2
أَلَمْيَجْعَلْكَيْدَهُمْفِىتَضْلِيلٍۢ
Did He not utterly confound their artful planning?
3
وَأَرْسَلَعَلَيْهِمْطَيْرًاأَبَابِيلَ
Thus, He let loose upon them great swarms of flying creatures
4
تَرْمِيهِمبِحِجَارَةٍۢمِّنسِجِّيلٍۢ
which smote them with stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained,
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فَجَعَلَهُمْكَعَصْفٍۢمَّأْكُولٍۭ
and caused them to become like a field of grain that has been eaten down to stubble