Qur'an 105:1 Al-Fil
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
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What it says
The surah opens with a question about an event the city dated its calendar by. Have you not seen is not about eyesight. It is the Arabic for a thing you know as securely as if you had watched it, and the audience did know it.
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أَلَمْ alam have you not · تَرَ tara seen · كَيْفَ kayfa how · فَعَلَ faʿala dealt · رَبُّكَ rabbuka your Lord · بِأَصْحَٰبِ bi-aṣḥābi with the people of · ٱلْفِيلِ al-fīl the elephant
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