Rizwan Zubair

Root ف ی ل f-y-l

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ف ی لf-y-l

— فِيْلfīl pl. أَفْيَال وَفُيُوْل وَفِيَلَةafyāl wa-fuyūl wa-fiyalah: elephant. «أَصْحَابُ الْفِيْلaṣḥābu al-fīl»: the army of Abrahah that came to demolish the Kaʿbah, from which the surah takes its name. Only once in the Quran: ﴿أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيْلِ﴾ (Al-Fīl 105:1).

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