Surah Al-Fil Translation in English

Al-Fil – (The Elephant)

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ

Alam tara kaifa fa’ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel

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

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2

أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ

Alam yaj’al kaidahum fee tadleel

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

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3

وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ

Wa arsala ‘alaihim tairan abaabeel

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

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4

تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ

Tarmeehim bihijaaratim min sijjeel

Striking them with stones of hard clay,

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5

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ

Faja ‘alahum ka’asfim m’akool

And He made them like eaten straw.

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