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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,
The Majestic Qur'an: An English Rendition of Its Meanings is a 20th century English translation of the meanings of Qur'an authored by four Turkish Sunni scholars. The translation is written in modern English, and contains more than 800 explanatory notes, makes the Scripture easier to understand. Although this translation describes itself as a ...
Muqatta'at (isolated letters) [5] Title refers to Main theme(s) Juz' 1: Al-Fatihah: ٱلْفَاتِحَة al-Fātiḥah al-Ḥamd: The Opening, the Opening of the Divine Writ, The Essence of the Divine Writ, The Surah of Praise, The Foundation of the Qur'an, and The Seven Oft-Repeated [Verses] [6] 7 (1) Makkah: 5: 48: Whole Surah [6]
Surah Fatihah is said to be an epitome of the Holy Quran and is called the Mother of the Book. "In it are comprehended, within a brief compass, all the verities and wisdom of the Holy Quran". The Sura has seven verses, including the 'Bismillah'. The complete Sura is: [Transliteration]. 1.Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm 2.
Al-Fatiha (Arabic: ٱلۡفَاتِحَةِ, romanized: al-Fātiḥa, lit. 'the Opening') is the first chapter of the Quran. It consists of seven verses which consist of a prayer for guidance and mercy. [1] Al-Fatiha is recited in Muslim obligatory and voluntary prayers, known as salah. The primary literal meaning of the expression "Al-Fatiha ...
Ababil (Arabic: أبابيل, romanized: abābīl) refers to the miraculous birds in Muslim belief mentioned in Surah Al-Fil of the holy Islamic book Quran that protected the Kaaba in Mecca from the Aksumite elephant army of Abraha, then self-styled governor of Himyar, by dropping small clay stones on them as they approached. [1]
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 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.