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Surah Al-Fil - Word by Word

(The Elephant)

bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim
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)
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2

اَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِيْ تَضْلِيْلٍۙ ٢

alam
أَلَمْ
Did not
yajʿal
يَجْعَلْ
He make
kaydahum
كَيْدَهُمْ
their plan
فِى
go
taḍlīlin
تَضْلِيلٍ
astray?
Did He not make their plan into misguidance? (QS. [105] Al-Fil: 2)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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