The Role of Ababil Birds and Sijjil Stones
Al-Fil — Verses 3–5 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ٣
And sent against them birds, in flocks,
- وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ
- And sent against them
- طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
- birds, in flocks
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٤
Striking them with stones of Sijjil.
- تَرْمِيهِم
- Striking them
- بِحِجَارَةٍ
- with stones
- مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
- of Sijjil
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ ٥
And made them like an empty field of stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle).
- فَجَعَلَهُمْ
- And made them
- كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ
- like an empty field of stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle)