Al-Fil
The Elephant
بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
اَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِاَصۡحٰبِ الۡفِيۡلِؕ
Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?1
اَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِىۡ تَضۡلِيۡلٍۙ
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?1
وَّاَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا اَبَابِيۡلَۙ
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
تَرۡمِيۡهِمۡ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّنۡ سِجِّيۡلٍۙ
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٍ مَّاۡكُوۡلٍ
And He made them like eaten straw.1