Chapter 105 - The Elephant

Chapter 105 Al-fil ( The Elephant ), 5 verses, MeccaIn the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.1. Have you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not seen how your Lord dealt with the Owners ofthe Elephant? (The elephant army which came from Yemen under the command of Abrahah Al-Ashram intending to destroy the Kabah at Makkah).2. Did He not make their plot go astray?3. And sent against them birds, in flocks,4. Striking them with stones of Sijjeel.5. And made them like an empty field of stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle).Interpretation of the meaning of the Qur'an in the English Language By Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali & Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan