Surah 105
الفيل Al-Fil · The Elephant
- Verses
- 5
- Revealed
- Meccan
- Juz
- 30
- Rukus
- 1
- Revelation order
- 19
- Pages
- 601–601
About Surah Al-Fil
Surah Al-Fil (الفيل, “The Elephant”) is chapter 105 of the Quran and contains 5 verses. It is a Meccan surah, revealed 19th of the 114. It appears in juz 30, spans pages 601–601 of the standard mushaf, and is divided into 1 ruku.
Text
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?
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أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,
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وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And send against them swarms of flying creatures,
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تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
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فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?
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Common questions
How many verses are in Surah Al-Fil?
Surah Al-Fil has 5 verses.
Is Surah Al-Fil Meccan or Medinan?
Surah Al-Fil is a Meccan surah, revealed in Makkah.
What number is Surah Al-Fil in the Quran?
It is chapter 105 of 114, and the 19th surah in the order of revelation.
Which juz is Surah Al-Fil in?
It appears in juz 30, on pages 601–601 of the standard mushaf.
How many pages is Surah Al-Fil?
It fits on a single page of the standard 604-page Madinah mushaf, page 601.
Which para is Surah Al-Fil in?
Para 30. Para is the name used in South Asia for a juz, one of the 30 equal parts of the Quran.
How many words and letters are in Surah Al-Fil?
23 words and 96 letters, counted from the Uthmani text: a word is a space-separated group, and a letter is a base Arabic letter without its vowel marks. Counts made another way differ slightly. Counts for every surah
How many rukus are in Surah Al-Fil?
One: the whole surah is a single ruku, the section marked with the letter ‘ayn (ع) in the margin of many printings. Rukus in every surah and para
How long does it take to recite Surah Al-Fil?
About 1 minute at Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary's measured pace. The recordings timed on this site take from 1 minute (Abdurrahman As-Sudais) to 1 minute (Abdul Basit Abdus Samad). Every surah, timed
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