Surah Al-Fil الفيل

The Elephant · 5 verses · Meccan

How many verses does Surah Al-Fil have?

Surah Al-Fil is surah 105 of 114 in the Quran and has 5 verses. It is classified as Meccan. Its name means “The Elephant”.

Surah number: 105 / 114
Verses: 5
Classification: Meccan

Updated 29 October 2026. Tanzil Project (tanzil.net), quran-json.

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Translation

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ ١

(1) Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?[1992]

Notes

[1992]- 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.

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ ٢

(2) Did He not make their plan into misguidance?[1993]

Notes

[1993]- Causing them to perish.

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ٣

(3) And He sent against them birds in flocks,

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٤

(4) Striking them with stones of hard clay,

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ ٥

(5) And He made them like eaten straw.[1994]

Notes

[1994]- i.e., husks which have been chewed by cattle. This event took place in the year of the Prophet's birth.

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