Translation of the meanings Surah Al-Feel - English Translation - Noor International Center - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Al-Feel

Ayah: 1

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ

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

[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.

Ayah: 2

أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?^[1993]

[1993] Causing them to perish.

Ayah: 3

وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

Ayah: 4

تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ

Striking them with stones of hard clay,

Ayah: 5

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ

And He made them like eaten straw.^[1994]

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