Tafsir Muyassar 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
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ
Abdel Haleem
Do you [Prophet] not see how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephant
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ألم تعلم -أيها الرسول- كيف فعل ربك بأصحاب الفيل: أبرهة الحبشي وجيشه الذين أرادوا تدمير الكعبة المباركة؟

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أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Abdel Haleem
Did He not utterly confound their plans
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ألم يجعل ما دبَّروه من شر في إبطال وتضييع؟

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وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Abdel Haleem
He sent ranks of birds against them
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وبعث عليهم طيرًا في جماعات متتابعة، تقذفهم بحجارة من طين متحجِّر.

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تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Abdel Haleem
pelting them with pellets of hard-baked clay
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وبعث عليهم طيرًا في جماعات متتابعة، تقذفهم بحجارة من طين متحجِّر.

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فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ
Abdel Haleem
He made them [like] cropped stubble
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فجعلهم به محطمين كأوراق الزرع اليابسة التي أكلتها البهائم ثم رمت بها.

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