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)