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Surah Al-Fil: word by word, transliteration and English translation

Surah 105 · الفيل · The Elephant · 5 verses · 23 words

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Bismillah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

  1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
  2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
  4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

Verse 1

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

Transliteration alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka bi-aṣḥābi l-fīli

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

  1. أَلَمْalamHave not
  2. تَرَtarayou seen
  3. كَيْفَkayfahow
  4. فَعَلَfaʿaladealt
  5. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
  6. بِأَصْحَـٰبِbi-aṣḥābiwith (the) Companions
  7. ٱلْفِيلِl-fīli(of the) Elephant

Verse 2

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

Transliteration alam yajʿal kaydahum fī taḍlīlin

English Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

  1. أَلَمْalamDid not
  2. يَجْعَلْyajʿalHe make
  3. كَيْدَهُمْkaydahumtheir plan
  4. فِىfīgo
  5. تَضْلِيلٍۢtaḍlīlinastray

Verse 3

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

Transliteration wa-arsala ʿalayhim ṭayran abābīla

English And He sent against them birds in flocks,

  1. وَأَرْسَلَwa-arsalaAnd He sent
  2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
  3. طَيْرًاṭayranbirds
  4. أَبَابِيلَabābīla(in) flocks

Verse 4

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

Transliteration tarmīhim biḥijāratin min sijjīlin

English Striking them with stones of hard clay,

  1. تَرْمِيهِمtarmīhimStriking them
  2. بِحِجَارَةٍۢbiḥijāratinwith stones
  3. مِّنminof
  4. سِجِّيلٍۢsijjīlinbaked clay

Verse 5

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

Transliteration fajaʿalahum kaʿaṣfin makūlin

English And He made them like eaten straw.

  1. فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumThen He made them
  2. كَعَصْفٍۢkaʿaṣfinlike straw
  3. مَّأْكُولٍۭmakūlineaten up

Word by word and transliteration: Quran.com. English translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy, from EveryAyah.com. MyDugsi is a learning aid, not a replacement for a qualified teacher.