Memorize Al-Fil

The Elephant

5 ayahs

الفيل

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ ١

    Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

    Similar to Al-Fajr 6

  2. أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ ٢

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

  3. وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ ٣

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,

  4. تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ ٤

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

    Similar to Al-Hijr 74

  5. فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ ٥

    And He made them like eaten straw.