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Qur'anic Verses 5
Surahs with this theme: al-Fil (105)
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105:1
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ
Do you [Prophet] not see how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephant
105:2
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Did He not utterly confound their plans
105:3
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
He sent ranks of birds against them
105:4
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
pelting them with pellets of hard-baked clay
105:5
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ
He made them [like] cropped stubble
Related Hadith 14
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Sunan al-Nasa’i 450
“While I was at the Ka’bah, in a state between sleep and wakefulness, three men came, and one of them who was in the middle came toward me. I was…
Sunan al-Nasa'i
Sunan Abi Dawud 2765
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out in the year of al-Hudaibbiyyah with over ten hundreds of Companions and when he came to Dhu al Hulaifah. He garlanded and marked…
Sunan Abi Dawud
Sahih
Sunan Abi Dawud 2017
Abu Hurairah said “When Allah, the Exalted, granted the conquest of Makkah to his Apostle, the Prophet(ﷺ) stood among them(the people) and praised Allaah and extolled Him. He then said,…
Sunan Abi Dawud
Sahih
Sunan Abi Dawud 1554
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say: “O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from leprosy, madness, elephantiasis, and evil diseases.”
Sunan Abi Dawud
Sahih
Sahih al-Bukhari 6625
In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bam Laith in revenge for a killed person belonging to them…
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih
Sahih al-Bukhari 3724
Malik bin Sasaa said that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) described to them his Night Journey saying, “While I was lying in Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr, suddenly someone came to me and cut…
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih
Sahih al-Bukhari 3074
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “While I was at the House in a state midway between sleep and wakefulness, (an angel recognized me) as the man lying between two men. A…
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih
Sahih al-Bukhari 2620
(whose narrations attest each other) Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) set out at the time of Al-Hudaibiya (treaty), and when they proceeded for a distance, he said, “Khalid bin Al-Walid leading the…
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih
Sahih al-Bukhari 112
In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bani Laith in revenge for a killed person, belonging to them.…
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih
Sahih Muslim 3183
Verily Allah held back the elephants from Mecca and gave the domination of it to His Messenger and believers, and it (this territory) was not violable to anyone before me…
Sahih Muslim
Sahih
Sahih Muslim 316
I was brought al-Buraq Who is an animal white and long, larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule, who would place his hoof a distance equal to the…
Sahih Muslim
Sahih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2363
Anas said that God’s messenger used to say, “O God, I seek refuge in Thee from leprosy, elephantiasis, madness, and evil diseases.” Abu Dawud and Nasa’i transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih
Jami’ al-Tirmidhi 3618
from his father, from his grandfather, that he said: “I and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), were born in the Year of the Elephant” – he said: “And ‘Uthman bin…
Jami' al-Tirmidhi
Bulugh al-Maram 847
Abu Hurairah (RAA) narrated, ‘When Allah, the Most High granted His Messenger (ﷺ) victory on the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (ﷺ) addressed the people, so he glorified Allah and…
Bulugh al-Maram
Related Tafsir 86
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — an-Naml 27:82
The Emergence of the Beast of the Earth This is the beast which will emerge at the end of time, when mankind has become corrupt and neglected the commands of…
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Hajj 22:25
A Warning to Those Who hinder Others from the Path of Allah and from Al-Masj id Al-Haram and Who seek to do Evil Actions therein Allah rebukes the disbelievers for…
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Isra 17:1
Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat Al-Isra’ Imam Al-Hafiz Abu `Abdullah Muhammad bin Isma`il Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn Mas`ud said concerning Surah Bani Isra`il (i.e., Surat Al-Isra’),…
Tafsir al-Jalalayn — Quraysh 106:4
Who has fed them against that is on account of hunger and made them secure from that is on account of fear they used to suffer hunger in Mecca due…
Tafsir al-Jalalayn — al-Fil 105:5
thus making them like devoured blades? like the leaves of crops which have been consumed trampled and destroyed by animals. God destroyed each one of them with his own stone…
Tafsir al-Jalalayn — al-Fil 105:1
Have you not considered an interrogative meant to provoke marvel in other words ‘marvel at’ the way in which your Lord dealt with the Men of the Elephant? who was…
Kashani Tafsir — Fatir 35:32
Then We gave the inheritance of the Book to the ones We chose from among Our ser- vants. Among them are wrongdoers to themselves, among them are moderate, and among…
Kashani Tafsir — Fatir 35:32
Then We gave the inheritance of the Book to the ones We chose from among Our ser- vants. Among them are wrongdoers to themselves, among them are moderate, and among…
Al-Qushairi Tafsir — Fatir 35:32
Then We gave the inheritance of the Book to the ones We chose from among Our ser- vants. Among them are wrongdoers to themselves, among them are moderate, and among…
Al-Qushairi Tafsir — Fatir 35:32
Then We gave the inheritance of the Book to the ones We chose from among Our ser- vants. Among them are wrongdoers to themselves, among them are moderate, and among…
Kashf Al-Asrar Tafsir — Fatir 35:32
Then We gave the inheritance of the Book to the ones We chose from among Our ser- vants. Among them are wrongdoers to themselves, among them are moderate, and among…
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Fath 48:26
Some of the Benefits gained from the Treaty at Al-Hudaybiyyah Allah the Exalted states that the Arab idolators from Quraysh and their allies who extended help to them against His…
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Fath 48:25
Some of the Benefits gained from the Treaty at Al-Hudaybiyyah Allah the Exalted states that the Arab idolators from Quraysh and their allies who extended help to them against His…
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Fath 48:1
Which was revealed in Al-Madinah The Merit of Surah Al-Fath Imam Ahmad recorded from `Abdullah bin Mughaffal, who said that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ recited Surah Al-Fath on the (day) of…
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Fath 48:2
Which was revealed in Al-Madinah The Merit of Surah Al-Fath Imam Ahmad recorded from `Abdullah bin Mughaffal, who said that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ recited Surah Al-Fath on the (day) of…
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Fath 48:3
Which was revealed in Al-Madinah The Merit of Surah Al-Fath Imam Ahmad recorded from `Abdullah bin Mughaffal, who said that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ recited Surah Al-Fath on the (day) of…
Tazkirul Quran — al-Fil 105:2
Abraha was a Christian ruler of Yemen in southern Arabia in the sixth century A.D. Out of religious fanaticism, he attacked Makkah in the year 570 A.D. (the year of…
Tazkirul Quran — al-Fil 105:3
Abraha was a Christian ruler of Yemen in southern Arabia in the sixth century A.D. Out of religious fanaticism, he attacked Makkah in the year 570 A.D. (the year of…
Tazkirul Quran — al-Fil 105:4
Abraha was a Christian ruler of Yemen in southern Arabia in the sixth century A.D. Out of religious fanaticism, he attacked Makkah in the year 570 A.D. (the year of…
Tazkirul Quran — al-Fil 105:5
Abraha was a Christian ruler of Yemen in southern Arabia in the sixth century A.D. Out of religious fanaticism, he attacked Makkah in the year 570 A.D. (the year of…
Tazkirul Quran — al-Fil 105:1
Abraha was a Christian ruler of Yemen in southern Arabia in the sixth century A.D. Out of religious fanaticism, he attacked Makkah in the year 570 A.D. (the year of…
Tazkirul Quran — al-Hijr 15:20
When initially deep seas and oceans were created on the earth, high hills emerged at various places on the earth in order to balance them. After this, vegetation and animals…
Tazkirul Quran — al-Hijr 15:19
When initially deep seas and oceans were created on the earth, high hills emerged at various places on the earth in order to balance them. After this, vegetation and animals…
Ma’arif-ul-Quran — al-Fil 105:5
Verse [ 105:5] فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ (And thus He turned them into an eaten-up chaff.) The word ` asf means ‘chaff, straw, husk or bran’. Usually the ` asf is…
Ma’arif-ul-Quran — Quraysh 106:1
Commentary The Subject-matter of Surah Al-Fil and Surah Al-Quraish All commentators concur that the subject-matter of the two Surahs is so closely related that in some of the copies of…