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Al-Fil 1

Ayah 1 of 5 · Meccan

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ ١

Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the army under the command of Abrahah al-Ashram which was accompanied by a huge elephant and came with the intention of destroying the Kaʿbah at Makkah.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَلَمۡHave notalam
  2. تَرَyou seentara
  3. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  4. فَعَلَdealtfaʿala
  5. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  6. بِأَصۡحَٰبِwith (the) Companionsbi-aṣḥābi
  7. ٱلۡفِيلِ(of the) Elephantl-fīli

Tafsir

O Messenger! Do you not know how your Lord dealt with Abraha and his people: the people of the elephant, when they intended to demolish the Ka‘bah?

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