Surah 105
الفيل
Al-Fil
The Elephant
Surah Context
Which was revealed in Makkah (Hammaz, going about with slander) (68:11) Ibn `Abbas said, "Humazah Lumazah means one who reviles and disgraces (others)." Mujahid said, "Al-Humazah is with the hand and the eye, and Al-Lumazah is with the.
Classical references: Ibn Kathir (Abridged).
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged) (105:1).
Last reviewed: 2026-04-10.
This is a short orientation note and does not replace full tafsir.
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Do you [Prophet] not see how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephant?
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Did He not utterly confound their plans?
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He sent ranks of birds against them,
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pelting them with pellets of hard-baked clay:
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He made them [like] cropped stubble.