105th surah : Surah Al Fīl ( سورة الفيل ) - The Elephant

In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious The Most Merciful.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

(Bismillahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem.)

  This is the 105th chapter (surah) of the Qur'an consisting of 5 verses.

♥ THEME ♥ 

The year of Muhammad's ( peace and blessings be upon him) birth is identified as 'the Year of the Elephant', when Mecca was attacked by Abraha accompanied by a troop of elephants. This Surah tells about how Allah saved the Meccans from this force by sending a swarm of birds that pelted the invaders with clay stones and drove them away. This is one of the favors Allah did for the Quraysh. He saved them from the People of the Elephant who had tried to tear down the Ka`bah and wipe out all traces of its existence.

If Surah Al-Fil is studied in the light of the historical details, one can fully understand why in this Surah only Allah is inflicting His punishment on the people of the elephant has been referred and described so briefly. The Arabs believed that the Ka'bah had been protected in this invasion not by any human force but by Allah Almighty Himself. Allah alone had been invoked by the Quraysh chiefs for help, and for quite a few years, the people of Quraysh have been impressed by this event and had worshiped none but Allah.

Therefore, there was no need to mention the details in Surah Al-Fil, but only a reference to it was enough so that the people of Arabia, in general, should consider well in their hearts the message that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) was giving. For the only message that he gave was that they should worship and serve none but Allah, the Only and One. Then, they should also consider that if they used force to suppress this invitation to the truth, they would only be inviting the wrath of Allah, Who had so completely routed and destroyed the people of the elephants.

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

♥ (1) أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ 

Verse 1
◆Alam ( أَلَمْ ) - Have not / kya nahi
◆Tara ( تَرَ ) - you seen / tumne dekha
◆Kayfa ( كَيْفَ ) - how / kaisa
◆Fa'ala ( فَعَلَ ) - dealt / kiya (salook)
◆Rabbuka ( رَبُّكَ ) - your Lord / tumhare Rabb
◆Bi-ashābi ( بِأَصْحَابِ ) - with (the) Companions / haathi-walo ke saath
◆ Al fili ( الْفِيلِ ) - (of the) Elephant? / haathi
{ Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?}
{ Kya aap ne (Muhammad- صل الله عليه وسلم )    nahi dekha kaisa tumhare Rabb ne  kiya salook haathi walo se? }

♥ (2) أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ 

Verse 2
◆Alam ( أَلَمْ ) - Did not / kya nahi
◆Yaj'al ( يَجْعَلْ ) - He make / kardiya us ne
◆Kaydahum ( كَيْدَهُمْ ) - their plan / unka daav
◆Fī ( فِي ) - go / mein
◆Tadhlīlin ( تَضْلِيلٍ ) - astray? / gumrahi (bekar)
{ Did He not make their plan into misguidance?}
{ Kya us ne nahi kardiya unka daav gumrahi mein (bekar)?}

♥ (3) وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ 

Verse 3
◆Wa-arsala ( وَأَرْسَلَ ) - And He sent / aur bheje
◆Alayhim ( عَلَيْهِمْ ) - against them / un par
◆Tayran ( طَيْرًا ) - birds / parinday
◆Abābīla ( أَبَابِيلَ ) - (in) flocks / jhund ke jhund
{ And He sent against them birds in flocks,}
{ Aur un par jhund ke jhund parinday bheje }

♥ (4) تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ 

Verse 4
◆ Tarmīhim ( تَرْمِيهِم ) -Striking them / phenkte thay un par
◆ Biḥijāratin ( بِحِجَارَةٍ ) - with stones / pathar
◆ Min ( مِّن ) - of / se (ki)
◆ Sijjīlin ( سِجِّيلٍ ) - baked clay / kankar
{ Striking them with stones of hard clay,}
{ Jo un par pathar ki kankariya phenkte thay }

♥ (5) فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ 

Verse 5
◆ Faja'alahum ( فَجَعَلَهُمْ ) - Then He made them / Pus unko kardiya
◆ Ka'aṣfin ( كَعَصْفٍ ) - like straw / bhoosay ki tarah
◆ Makūlin ( مَّأْكُولٍ ) - eaten up. / khaaye hue
{ And He made them like eaten straw.}
{ Pus unko khaaye hue bhoosay ki tarah kar diya }