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Quran: Arabic, English & Korean
Meccan · 5 verses الفيل

Al-Fil 105

The Elephant
105 / 114
How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

  • Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
  • Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
  • Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
  • Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 theð더 Christ크r라이스트 salvation샐v베이션

  • Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
  • Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
  • Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
  • Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
  • Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, it tells a brief story in five verses, beginning with a question to the listener: have you not considered what your Lord did with the men of the elephant? A second question follows — did He not make their plan go astray? The answer is given in three images. God sent against them birds in flocks; the birds struck them with stones of baked clay; and God left them like straw that has been eaten. The text does not say who these men were or what their plan was. Its attention is on the outcome: a company known by an elephant was undone by birds and small stones. Opening with a question, the passage invites the listener to reflect on what happened to them.

  • The men of the elephant
  • A plan undone
  • Birds in flocks
  • Stones of baked clay

The name It is named after 'the elephant' (al-Fil) in verse 1, 'the men of the elephant'.

Start with 105:1 · 105:3

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1

    أَلَمْ알람 تَرَ타r라 كَيْفَ카이f파 فَعَلَf파알라 رَبُّكَr랍부카 بِأَصْحَابِ비아스하빌 الْفِيلِf필

    너의 주님께서 코끼리의 무리를 어떻게 다루셨는지 보지 못하였느냐?

  2. 2

    أَلَمْ알람 يَجْعَلْ야즈알 كَيْدَهُمْ카이다훔 فِيf피 تَضْلِيلٍ타들릴

    그분께서 그들의 계략을 헛되게 하지 않으셨느냐?

  3. 3

    وَأَرْسَلَ와아r르살라 عَلَيْهِمْ알라이힘 طَيْرًا따이r란 أَبَابِيلَ아바빌

    그분께서는 그들에게 떼 지은 새들을 보내셨으니,

  4. 4

    تَرْمِيهِمْ타r르미힘 بِحِجَارَةٍ비히자r라팀 مِنْ민 سِجِّيلٍ싯질

    그 새들은 구운 진흙으로 된 돌을 그들에게 던졌다.

  5. 5

    فَجَعَلَهُمْf파자알라훔 كَعَصْفٍ카아스f핌 مَأْكُولٍ마으쿨

    그리하여 그분께서는 그들을 뜯어 먹힌 짚처럼 만드셨다.