Surah 105

الفيل

Al-Fil

The Elephant

Meccan5 Ayahs
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Surah

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.

105:1
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Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?1

105:2
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Did He not make their plan into misguidance?1

105:3
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And He sent against them birds in flocks,

105:4
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Striking them with stones of hard clay,

105:5
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And He made them like eaten straw.1