سُورَةُ الفِيلِ
Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant) – Arabic, Translation & Audio
Surah Al-Fil is the 105th surah (chapter) of the Quran. Its name means “The Elephant”. It has 5 ayahs (verses), is a Meccan surah (revealed in Makkah) and is found in Juz 30 of the Quran. Below you can read the full Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen to each ayah.
| Surah number | 105 of 114 |
|---|---|
| Arabic name | الفيل |
| English meaning | The Elephant |
| Number of ayahs | 5 |
| Revelation | Meccan (Makkah) |
| Order of revelation | 19 (traditional chronology) |
| Juz (part) | 30 |
| Mushaf pages | 601 (604-page Madinah mushaf) |
| Verses of prostration | None |
| Begins with Bismillah | Yes – recited before ayah 1 (not numbered) |
About Surah Al-Fil
Al-Fil, "The Elephant", recalls how Allah dealt with "the companions of the elephant" — the army, led by an elephant, that marched on Makkah to destroy the Ka‘bah. Allah sent birds in flocks that struck them with stones of baked clay, leaving them like eaten straw. Muslim historians place this event in the year the Prophet ﷺ was born, known as the Year of the Elephant.
Surah Al-Fil is one of the last 10 surahs of the Quran, which many Muslims memorise first and recite in daily prayers.
Read Surah Al-Fil in Arabic with English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ ﴿١﴾
Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ ﴿٢﴾
Alam yaj'al kai dahum fee tad leel
Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ﴿٣﴾
Wa arsala 'alaihim tairan abaabeel
And send against them swarms of flying creatures,
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ ﴿٤﴾
Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel
Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ ﴿٥﴾
Faja 'alahum ka'asfim m'akool
And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?
Arabic text: Uthmani script (Tanzil). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain). Transliteration: English transliteration from the Al Quran Cloud API, in a simple English spelling (it writes the Arabic letter dhal as “z”, while the duas on this site write it as “dh”). Audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. A translation conveys the meaning of the Quran; it is not the Quran itself.
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