Surah Al-Fil for kids

Surah

105

Verses

5

Revealed in

Makkah

Meaning

The Elephant

1. 1

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

   alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka bi-aṣḥābi l-fīli

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

   Word by word

   • أَلَمْalamHave not
   • تَرَtarayou seen
   • كَيْفَkayfahow
   • فَعَلَfaʿaladealt
   • رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
   • بِأَصْحَـٰبِbi-aṣḥābiwith (the) Companions
   • ٱلْفِيلِl-fīli(of the) Elephant
2. 2

   أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

   alam yajʿal kaydahum fī taḍlīlin

   Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

   Word by word

   • أَلَمْalamDid not
   • يَجْعَلْyajʿalHe make
   • كَيْدَهُمْkaydahumtheir plan
   • فِىfīgo
   • تَضْلِيلٍۢtaḍlīlinastray
3. 3

   وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

   wa-arsala ʿalayhim ṭayran abābīla

   And He sent against them birds in flocks,

   Word by word

   • وَأَرْسَلَwa-arsalaAnd He sent
   • عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
   • طَيْرًاṭayranbirds
   • أَبَابِيلَabābīla(in) flocks
4. 4

   تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

   tarmīhim biḥijāratin min sijjīlin

   Striking them with stones of hard clay,

   Word by word

   • تَرْمِيهِمtarmīhimStriking them
   • بِحِجَارَةٍۢbiḥijāratinwith stones
   • مِّنminof
   • سِجِّيلٍۢsijjīlinbaked clay
5. 5

   فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

   fajaʿalahum kaʿaṣfin makūlin

   And He made them like eaten straw.

   Word by word

   • فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumThen He made them
   • كَعَصْفٍۢkaʿaṣfinlike straw
   • مَّأْكُولٍۭmakūlineaten up

Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.