الفيل

Surah Al-Fil

The Elephant · 5 ayahs · Makkan

Recited by Sheikh Abdur-Rahman as-Sudais. Translation: Saheeh International. Watch on YouTube

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  1. 1

    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

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

  2. 2

    أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?1

  3. 3

    وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,

  4. 4

    تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

  5. 5

    فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

    And He made them like eaten straw.1

In loving memory of Saleha Bibi Shariff

This work is a Sadaqah Jariyah for her. She was known for remembering others in her duas. We humbly ask you to remember her in yours.

May Allah grant her Jannatul Firdaus. Ameen.

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