Surah's In Qur'an The Lesson's And Hadith's

105: (Al-Fil)- The Elephant

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim.

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the Lord of the 'Alamîn . The Only Owner of the Day of Recompense. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help. Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray .

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105: (Al-Fil)- The Elephant

(The Elephant)

Number of Verses: 5

Sūra al-Fīl (Arabic: سورَة الفیل) is the 105th sura of the quran. It is a makki sura in the thirtieth juz. It is called "al-Fil" (the Elephant) because it narrates the story of the army of the elephant—people who moved from their land towards mecca in order to destroy the ka'ba, but god sent the flocks of birds to throw stone of shale on them and kill them.

There is a hadith from imam al-sadiq (a) about the virtues of reciting this sura, according to which if one recites Sura al-Fil in their daily prayers, then all beings in the world will testify on the day of resurrection that they were among those who prayed, and God will accept their testimony and orders that he will be allowed into the heaven.

According to some marja's, if one recites Sura al-Fil in their daily prayers after the recitation of quran 1 (Sura al-Hamd), then it is an obligatory caution to recite quran 106(Sura Quraysh) as well, because Sura al-Fil and Sura Quraysh count as one and the same .

This Surah, as its name indicates, refers to the well-known historical event that happened in the year of the birth of the holy Prophet (S) when Allah protected the Ka'aba against the attack of the army of pagans who, riding on the backs of elephants, came from Yemen intending to destroy it.

This Surah is a recollection of the miraculous event which many people of Mecca remember, because it happened not so long ago.

Its remembrance is a warning against the proud, arrogant pagans to make them aware that they have no power to stand in the way of the Power of Allah, Who destroyed that great army of elephants by little, tiny birds who pelted them with 'small stones of petrified clay' and He can punish these stubborn oppressors, too.

Their equipment was no more than that of Abrahah nor did the number of their fighters match his. In other words, they had seen that event with their own eyes and yet, were so arrogant.

On the virtue of reciting this Surah, a tradition from Imam Sadiq (as) says:

"He who recites Surah Fil in his obligatory prayers, any level land, mountains or any clods of dirt will bear witness for him, on the Day of Judgement, that he has been one of the prayerful (believers). and on that Day, a herald calls saying,

'You are right about My servant I accept your witness for him or against him Let him enter Paradise without Reckoning him. Verily, he is the one of whom he and his action I like.'"

It is obvious that these magnificent, abundant bounties and rewards are for he who, with its recitation, gets down from the horse of arrogance and goes on the right path along side which he seeks the satisfaction of Allah.

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Benefits

This is a 'makki' Surah with 5 verses. It is narrated from Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq that whoever recites this Surah in his faraa'idh prayers, the mountains will bear witness on the Day of Judgement that he prayed and he will be taken to Jannah on the command of Allah (S.w.T.).