ISLAMIC STUDIES JSS II WEEK II Topic: Suratul fil INTRODUCTION Suratul fil (Chapter of the Elephant”) is the 105th chapter (surah) of the Quran. It is a Mekkkan sura consisting of 5 verses. The surah is written in the interrogative form. ARABIC TEXT The arabic text of suratul fil view here TRANSLITETRATION OF SURATUL FIL 1. Alam tara kaifa fa’ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel 2. Alam yaj’al kai dahum fee tad leel. 3. Wa arsala ‘alaihim tairan abaabeel. 4. Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel. 5. Faja ‘alahum ka’asfim m’akool. TRANSLATION OF SURATUL FIL In the name of Allah the most Gracious, the most Merciful. 1. Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? 2. Did He not make their plan into misguidance? 3. And He sent against them birds in flocks, 4. Striking them with stones of hard clay, 5. And He made them like eaten straw. COMMENTARY OF THE SURAH. This surah refers to an event that happened in about 570 A.D. Abraha ...