Al-Fil (The Elephant)

The Surah derives its name from the word ashab al fil in the very first verse.

This is unanimously a Makki Surah; and if it is studied against its historical background it appears that it must have been sent down in the very earliest stage in Makkah....

As we have explained in footnote 4 of Surah Al-Buruj, in retaliation for the persecution of the followers of the Prophet Jesus Christ (peace be on him) in Najran by the Jewish ruler Dhu-Nuwas of Yemen, the Christian kingdom of Abyssinia invaded Yemen and put an end to the Himyarite rule there, and i...

Al-Fil

The Elephant

Playing

أَلَمْ Have not

تَرَ you seen

كَيْفَ how

فَعَلَ dealt

رَبُّكَ your Lord

بِأَصْحَٰبِ with (the) Companions

ٱلْفِيلِ (of the) Elephant?

Al-Fil

The Elephant

Playing

أَلَمْ Did not

يَجْعَلْ He make

كَيْدَهُمْ their plan

فِى go

تَضْلِيلٍ astray?

Al-Fil

The Elephant

Playing

وَأَرْسَلَ And He sent

عَلَيْهِمْ against them

طَيْرًا birds

أَبَابِيلَ (in) flocks.

Al-Fil

The Elephant

Playing

تَرْمِيهِم Striking them

بِحِجَارَةٍ with stones

مِّن of

سِجِّيلٍ baked clay.

Al-Fil

The Elephant

Playing

فَجَعَلَهُمْ Then He made them

كَعَصْفٍ like straw

مَّأْكُولٍۭ eaten up.

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