أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (நபியே!) யானை(ப் படை)க் காரர்களை உம் இறைவன் என்ன செய்தான் என்பதை நீர் பார்க்கவில்லையா?
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නුඹගේ පරමාධිපති ඇත් සේනාව සමඟ කටයුතු කළේ කෙසේ දැ? යි නුඹ නුදුටුවෙහිද?
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کیا تو نے نہ دیکھا کہ تیرے رب نے ہاتھی والوں کے ساتھ کیا کیا؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- あなたの主が，象の仲間に，どう対処なされたか，知らなかったのか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- . 难道你不知道你的主怎样处治象的主人们吗？
Tafsir of 105:1
Which was revealed in Mecca ﴿بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴾ In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful A Summary of the Story of the People of the Elephant This is the story of the people of the Elephant, in brief, and summarized. It has already been mentioned in the story of the People of the Ditch that Dhu Nuas, the last king of Himyar, a polytheist -- was the one who ordered killing the People of the Ditch. They were Christians and their number was approximately twenty thousand. None of them except a man named Daws Dhu Tha`laban escaped. He fled to Ash-Sham where he sought protection from Caesar, the emperor of Ash-Sham, who was also a Christian. Caesar wrote to An-Najashi, the king of Ethiopia (Abyssinia), who was closer to the home of the man. An-Najashi sent two governors with him: Aryat and Abrahah bin As-Sabah Abu Yaksum, along with a great army. The army entered Yemen and began searching the houses and looting in search of the king of Himyar (Dhu Nuwas). Dhu Nuwas was eventually killed by drowning in the sea. Thus, the Ethiopians were free to rule Yemen, with Aryat and Abrahah as its governors.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
