Tafsir al-Tustari

Sahl al-Tustari — b. 203 AH / 818 CE · d. 283 AH / 896 CE Sunni (Sufi) Early Sufi Master

Tafsir al-Tustari al-Fil الفِيل (The Elephant) 5 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
105:1 ›
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ
Abdel Haleem
Do you [Prophet] not see how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephant
Sahl al-Tustari

Have you not considered the way in which your Lord dealt with the Men of the Elephant? He said:�Do you not know how your Lord dealt with your enemies while you had not yet appeared in this world? Thus will He treat your enemies while you are amongst them, and will avert their scheming (makr) from you.�His words, Exalted is He:

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105:2 ›
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Abdel Haleem
Did He not utterly confound their plans
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105:3 ›
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Abdel Haleem
He sent ranks of birds against them
Sahl al-Tustari

(And did He not unleash upon them) flights of birds?ʿIkrima said regarding these words of God, Exalted is He, �They are birds that came from the direction of the sea, and had heads like the heads of vipers.� It was said also, �They had heads like those of predatory beasts.� Their likeness had never been seen before that day nor has it been seen since. They proceeded to pelt them [the Men of the Elephant] with stones to infect their skin with smallpox. This was the first day on which a person infected with smallpox was seen. But God, Exalted is He, knows best what is correct.His words, Exalted is He:

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105:4 ›
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Abdel Haleem
pelting them with pellets of hard-baked clay
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105:5 ›
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ
Abdel Haleem
He made them [like] cropped stubble
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