• 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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    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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    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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  • Look up fil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. FIL or Fil may refer to: Father-in-law Fil Barlow (born 1963), Australian cartoonist Fil Bo Riva (born...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    Monday, 11 April 572 (12 Rabī‘ al-Awwal 51 BH). The earliest Islamic reference to Abraha's attack on Mecca is found in the Al-Fil (Qur'an 105), which describes...
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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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    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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  • 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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    known as Geziret al-Fil, first appeared in 1174, but eventually became connected to the mainland. Today, the site of Geziret al-Fil is occupied by the...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • arrangement of various surahs in this group. In the previous pair of sūrahs – Al-Fil and Quraysh (surah) – it is explained that the tribe of Quraysh has been...
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    known as the Year of the Elephant, during which Muhammad was born (surah al-Fil). Most equate this to the year 570 CE, but a minority use 571 CE. The first...
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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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    Oasis Heritage Trail, Hegra UNESCO Heritage Site, Dadan, Jabal Ikmah, Jabal AlFil (Elephant Rock), Harrarat Viewpoint or Maraya. Travelers from around the...
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    post. In Islamic history there is a significant event known as the ‘Am al-Fil (Arabic: عَـام الـفـيـل, "Year of the Elephant"), approximately equating...
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  • scholars who studied Abu al-Aswad were Yahya ibn Ya'mar, 'Anbasah ibn Ma'dan, 'Anbasah al-Fil ('Anbasah of the Elephant); Maymun ibn al-Aqran. Nasr ibn 'Asim...
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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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    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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    "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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    response, Pasha Ammar sent a force headed by Qa’id al-Mustafa al-Fil and Qa’id Ali bin Abd Allah al-Tilimsani, which included arquebusiers. The Moroccan...
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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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