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Al-Fīl (Arabic: الفيل, "The Elephant") is the 105th chapter of the Quran. It is a Meccan sura consisting of 5 verses. The surah is written in the interrogative form. [1] Have you not seen [O Prophet] how your Lord dealt with the army of the Elephant? Did he not frustrate their scheme? For he sent against them flocks of birds,
It has been mentioned in the Quran that the army was destroyed by small birds, sent by God, that carried pebbles that destroyed the entire army and Abraha perished. Surah Fil in the Quran contains an account of the event. [3] The year came to be known as the Year of the Elephant, beginning a trend for reckoning the years in the Arabian Peninsula.
The baqarah (Arabic: بَقَرْة, cow) of the Israelites [3]; The dhiʾb (Arabic: ذِئب, wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph, and who was blamed for his disappearance [22] [23]
Al-Fatiha, the first surah in the Quran. The Quran is divided into 114 surahs (chapters), and 6236 (excluding "Bismillah") or 6348 (including Bismillah") ayahs (verses). Chapters are arranged broadly in descending order of length. For a preliminary discussion about the chronological order of chapters, see Surah.
The Quran, [c] also romanized Qur'an or Koran, [d] is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ().It is organized in 114 chapters (surah, pl. suwer) which consist of individual verses ().
The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary is an English translation of the Qur'an by the British Indian Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953) during the British Raj.It has become among the most widely known English translations of the Qur'an, due in part to its prodigious use of footnotes, and its distribution and subsidization by Saudi Arabian beneficiaries during the late 20th century.
Al-Kahf (Arabic: الكهف, lit. 'the Cave') is the 18th chapter of the Qur'an with 110 verses . Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier Meccan surah, which means it was revealed before Muhammad's hijrah to Medina, instead of after.
The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation. Translated by Mustafa Khattab. St. Catharines: SirajPublications, 2015. ISBN 978-0-9948895-0-8. Noor Al Bayan. English. Translated by Sayed Jumaa Salam. Sacramento: Salam Educational Center, 2018. ISBN 978-1630750381; The Majestic Quran: A Plain English Translation. Translated by Musharraf ...