Tafseer of The Elephant · Al-Fil · 105:1
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
Important: The Arabic source text is always authoritative. This translation is a study aid and has not been verified by scholars — do not use it as a basis for religious proof or for deriving rulings (ahkam). When in doubt, always consult the Arabic text and a qualified scholar.
The statement concerning the explanation of the saying of Allah — glorious is His praise and hallowed are His names —: أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ (Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant?) (105:1)
He — exalted is His remembrance — says to His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: Have you not beheld with the eye of your heart, so that you see thereby كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ (how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant) — who came from Yemen with the intention of destroying the Kaʿba, and they were Abyssinians, with their commander being Abraha the Abyssinian, the man with the cleft lip (al-Ashram).
