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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Year of the Elephant (redirect from Am al-Fil)
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. Standing 117 ft high, it is located 11 km northeast of Al-'Ula. Elephant Rock -...
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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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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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Quraysh (surah) (section Asbāb al-nuzūl)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Islamic calendar (redirect from At-taqwīm al-hijrī)
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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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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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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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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"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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motorcycle rally in Germany Elephant Gambit, a rarely used chess opening Al-Fil ("The Elephant"), the 105th sura of the Qur'an Elephant (pharaoh), an ancient...
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Great Mosque of Kufa (redirect from Al-Masjid al-Mu‘azzam bil-Kufah)
(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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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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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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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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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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The Blue Elephant 2 (Arabic: 2 الفيل الأزرق, translit. Al Fil Al Azraq 2) is a 2019 Egyptian drama horror mystery crime thriller film directed by Marwan...
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