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Al-Fīl

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Also known as Sura 105, Surah 105

Al-Fīl (, "The Elephant") is the 105th chapter (surah) of the Quran. It is a Meccan sura consisting of 5 verses. The surah is written in the interrogative form. ۝ Have you not seen [O Prophet] how your Lord dealt with the army of the Elephant? ۝ Did he not frustrate their scheme? ۝ For he sent against them flocks of birds, ۝ that pelted them with stones of baked clay; ۝ leaving them like chewed up straw

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"Al-Fīl" is the 105th chapter of the Quran, a short 5-verse passage written as a series of rhetorical questions that describes how God defeated an army riding elephants by sending flocks of birds to stone them. It matters as part of Islamic scripture and represents a significant event in Islamic tradition, though the historical details of the elephant army remain debated by scholars.

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Key facts

Surah.number
105
Surah.number 3
105
Surah.name
Al-Fīl
Surah.name ar
ٱلفِيل
Surah.name en
The Elephant
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Al-Fil.svg
Surah.prev_sura
Quran 104
Surah.next_sura
Quran 106
Surah.classification
Meccan
Surah.juz
30
Surah.verses
5
Surah.words
23
Surah.letters
96
Surah.sajdahs
0
Surah.audio
Chapter 105, Al-Fil (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Summary
  • Text and meaning
  • Text and transliteration
  • Meanings
  • Asbab al-nuzul
  • Period of revelation
  • Principal subject
  • Theme of the surah
  • Coherence with adjacent surahs
  • Connection with previous surahs
  • Connection with next surah
  • Hadith about Surah Al-Fil
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Al-Fīl (, "The Elephant") is the 105th chapter (surah) of the Quran. It is a Meccan sura consisting of 5 verses. The surah is written in the interrogative form. ۝ Have you not seen [O Prophet] how your Lord dealt with the army of the Elephant? ۝ Did he not frustrate their scheme? ۝ For he sent against them flocks of birds, ۝ that pelted them with stones of baked clay; ۝ leaving them like chewed up straw

==Summary== 1-5 The army of Abraha destroyed for attacking the Kaabah.

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