Al-Fil 105:1
The Elephant · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 601
The People of the Elephant
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ ١
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephant?
Insight
Elmalılı explains “Have you not seen?” as “Do you not know it as surely as if you had seen it?”, because many who had witnessed the event were still alive at the time.
Reflect
Remember a moment when Allah protected you.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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