How to memorize Surah Al-Fil

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Recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy

How long it takes

Surah Al-Fil has 5 ayahs, so it is short enough to learn in one sitting: take it one ayah at a time, then recite the whole surah from memory.

How to memorize it, one ayah at a time

1. Listen firstPlay the ayah several times while you follow the Arabic with your eyes.
2. Repeat it aloudSay it again and again until it flows. Qaree counts every repetition for you.
3. Recite it from memoryLook away and recite. Qaree's recite mode listens and highlights the exact words you missed.
4. Join it and reviewRecite the new ayah together with the ones before it, and go over the surah again the next day.

Surah Al-Fil: Arabic text, transliteration and translation

1. 105:1

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

   Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel

   Have you not seen ˹O Prophet˺ how your Lord dealt with the Army of the Elephant?

2. 105:2

   أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

   Alam yaj'al kai dahum fee tad leel

   Did He not frustrate their scheme?

3. 105:3

   وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

   Wa arsala 'alaihim tairan abaabeel

   For He sent against them flocks of birds

4. 105:4

   تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

   Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel

   that pelted them with stones of baked clay

5. 105:5

   فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

   Faja 'alahum ka'asfim m'akool

   leaving them like chewed up straw.

Sources

• Translation: Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran.
• Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy, via mp3quran.net.
• Transliteration is only a reading aid. Learn the exact pronunciation from the recitation or a teacher.