Surah Al-Fil - Word by Word
(The Elephant)
1
اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِاَصْحٰبِ الْفِيْلِۗ ١
- alam
- أَلَمْ
- Have not
- tara
- تَرَ
- you seen
- kayfa
- كَيْفَ
- how
- faʿala
- فَعَلَ
- dealt
- rabbuka
- رَبُّكَ
- your Lord
- bi-aṣḥābi
- بِأَصْحَٰبِ
- with (the) Companions
- l-fīli
- ٱلْفِيلِ
- (of the) Elephant?
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? (QS. [105] Al-Fil: 1)Tafsir
2
اَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِيْ تَضْلِيْلٍۙ ٢
- alam
- أَلَمْ
- Did not
- yajʿal
- يَجْعَلْ
- He make
- kaydahum
- كَيْدَهُمْ
- their plan
- fī
- فِى
- go
- taḍlīlin
- تَضْلِيلٍ
- astray?
Did He not make their plan into misguidance? (QS. [105] Al-Fil: 2)Tafsir
3
وَّاَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا اَبَابِيْلَۙ ٣
- wa-arsala
- وَأَرْسَلَ
- And He sent
- ʿalayhim
- عَلَيْهِمْ
- against them
- ṭayran
- طَيْرًا
- birds
- abābīla
- أَبَابِيلَ
- (in) flocks
And He sent against them birds in flocks, (QS. [105] Al-Fil: 3)Tafsir
4
تَرْمِيْهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّنْ سِجِّيْلٍۙ ٤
- tarmīhim
- تَرْمِيهِم
- Striking them
- biḥijāratin
- بِحِجَارَةٍ
- with stones
- min
- مِّن
- of
- sijjīlin
- سِجِّيلٍ
- baked clay
Striking them with stones of hard clay. (QS. [105] Al-Fil: 4)Tafsir
5
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُوْلٍ ࣖ ٥
- fajaʿalahum
- فَجَعَلَهُمْ
- Then He made them
- kaʿaṣfin
- كَعَصْفٍ
- like straw
- makūlin
- مَّأْكُولٍۭ
- eaten up
And He made them like eaten straw. (QS. [105] Al-Fil: 5)Tafsir