Surah Al-Fil 105:1 — translation and meaning

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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ

Word by Word

أَلَمْ
alam
Have not
تَرَ
tara
you seen
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
فَعَلَ
fa'ala
dealt
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
بِأَصْحَابِ
bi-ashabi
with (the) Companions
الْفِيلِ
al-fili
(of the) Elephant

Transliteration

Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel

Translation

Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger! Do you not know how your Lord dealt with Abraha and his people: the people of the elephant, when they intended to demolish the Ka‘bah?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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