• Al-Fīl (Arabic: الفيل, "The Elephant") is the 105th chapter (surah) of the Quran. It is a Meccan sura consisting of 5 verses. The surah is written in the...
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    Sin el-Fil (Arabic: سنّ الفيل / ALA-LC: Sinn al-Fīl) is a suburb east of Beirut in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The name...
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    The ʿām al-fīl (Arabic: عام الفيل, Year of the Elephant) is the name in Islamic history for the year approximately equating to 570–571 CE. According to...
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    Jabal Al-Fil (Elephant Mountain) is a rock formation in Saudi Arabia, 11 km northeast of Al-'Ula. It rises to a height of 35.6 metres (117 ft). Elephant...
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  • Muhammad al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq (Summary of the original Arabic text). «Qaṭāniyyah (Catania): also known as Madinat al-Fīl, is a...
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  • be known as 'Ām al-Fīl (the Year of the Elephant), beginning a trend for reckoning the years in Arabia which was used until 'Umar ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb replaced...
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  • International Luge Federation Al-Fil, the 105th sura of the Qur'an Fidelity International Limited, an American investment management company FIL file (disambiguation)...
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    refers to the bishop in chess and ultimately comes from the Arabic الْفِيل al-fīl, meaning "the elephant," as the bishop was formerly represented by an elephant-shaped...
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    “Maccabees not Mecca: The Biblical Subtext and the Apocalyptic Context of Sūrat al-Fīl (Q 105)” in Evolution of the Early Qur’an, 2018, Peter Lang. Charles, Michael...
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    Al-Fils fort is a fort in Seiyun, Yemen. "In Pictures: Yemen's 'Manhattan of the Desert' risks collapse". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-07. الثالثة, العين...
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    (Bāb al-Fīl). The historic mosque structure has similarities to the design of the palaces of pre-Islamic Persia. According to a description by Ibn al-Athir...
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  • Ras al-Fil (Arabic: lit. 'head of the elephant') was a former governorate of the Christian Ethiopian state, located to the west of the river Atbara and...
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    Mecca (redirect from Makkah Al-Mukkaramah)
    story in Quran is rather short. According to the 105th Surah of the Quran, Al-Fil, the next day, a dark cloud of small birds sent by Allah appeared. The birds...
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  • of two suras containing 4 ayat; the other is Al-Ikhlas. It forms a pair with the preceding sura, al-Fil, reminding the Quraysh of the favors that Allah...
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    Al-‘Ula (Arabic: ٱلْعُلَا, romanized: al-ʿUlā) is an ancient Arabian oasis city located in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia. Situated in the Hejaz, a region...
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  • romanized: abābīl) refers to the miraculous birds in Islamic belief mentioned in Surah Al-Fil of the Quran that protected the Kaaba in Mecca from the Aksumite elephant...
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    the emirate of Sicily, it was known in Arabic as Balad al-fīl (بلد الفيل) and Madīnat al-fīl (مدينة الفيل), respectively meaning "the Village (or Country)...
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  • selection of the Qur'an's sūras (beginning with sūra 2, al-Baqara, and ending with 105, al-Fīl), though in total it cites 167 individual verses of the...
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    replace bishops. Elephant was called in Arabic al-fīl, giving Spanish alfil, Italian alfiere, French fil, fol and fou. The human figures are clothed and...
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    "Surah Al-Waqi'ah - 1-96". Quran.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10. Saabin, Nasoha Bin. The Interpretation of The Meaning of The Holy Quran Volume 84 - Surah Al-Bayyinah...
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    Madhvani Group under the direction of Isma'ili entrepreneur Abdel-Hamid al-Fil after the Aga Khan personally brought the two into contact. It had expanded...
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    Birds of Prey, and Heaps of Pebbles: Farāhī's Interpretation of Sūrat al-Fīl". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 7 (1): 33–47. doi:10.3366/jqs.2005.7.1.33...
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  • Spanish as azar, "randomness", and in French and English as "hazard" Arabic al-fīl ("the elephant") in Spanish as alfil "chess bishop" and in Italian as alfiere...
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    The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar also known in English as the Muslim calendar and...
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    were discovered at this site. An excavated site at El Kowm (Aïn al Fil, (de:Aïn al Fil)), Syria revealed a plethora of Oldowan tools. In a 2m2 test pit...
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  • The Blue Elephant (Egyptian Arabic: الفيل الأزرق, romanized: Al Fil Al Azraq) is a 2014 Egyptian drama/horror/mystery film produced and directed by Marwan...
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  • coast of Sicily Catania Katánē (Κατάνη), Catăna, Catĭna, Balad-al-Fil, Medinat-al-Fil, Wadi Musa, Qataniyah Kerkinitida Crimea, Ukraine Yevpatoria Eupatoria...
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    taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Europe via Spain (Al Andalus) and Italy (Emirate of Sicily). The game evolved roughly into its...
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  • Al Jihad fil Islam (Eng: The Concept of Jihad in Islam) is a book written by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi on the subject of jihad in Islam. The book is an English...
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    Muharram (redirect from Moharram al-Haram)
    Muharram: Arrival of the "people of the elephant" in Mecca, a reference to al-Fil (lit. 'the elephant'), a surah (chapter) in the Quran. Islamic Calendar...
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