سُوْرَةُ الْفِيْلِ
Surah Al-Fil (105) — Ayah 2
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ ﴿2﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Did He not make their plot go astray?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَلَمْ
alam
Did not
يَجْعَلْ
yajʿal
He make
كَيْدَهُمْ
kaydahum
their plan
فِى
fī
go
تَضْلِيلٍۢ
taḍlīlin
astray
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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2. Did He not make their plan [2] go astray [3]?
[2]
What Were Abraha's Objectives?
﴿كَيْدَ﴾ means a plan or secret scheme. Here, the question arises that he came to attack the Ka'bah openly in broad daylight and openly declared that he was coming to attack the Ka'bah, and the reason for this was that the Arabs had insulted their church. So what was his plan or secret scheme in this? The answer is that his secret scheme was that after destroying the Ka'bah, he would divert the attention of the Arabs towards his church. And his purpose in this was not to gain religious benefits, but rather he wanted to obtain all the commercial, economic, social, and political benefits that the Quraysh of Makkah enjoyed because of the Ka'bah.
[3] Another meaning of ﴿تَضْلِيْلٍ﴾ ﴿ضَلّ﴾ is that the purpose for which something is done is not achieved, and the action proves to be completely fruitless and useless. For further explanation, see the footnote of Surah Ad-Duha, verse: ﴿وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدٰي﴾.
[2]
What Were Abraha's Objectives?
﴿كَيْدَ﴾ means a plan or secret scheme. Here, the question arises that he came to attack the Ka'bah openly in broad daylight and openly declared that he was coming to attack the Ka'bah, and the reason for this was that the Arabs had insulted their church. So what was his plan or secret scheme in this? The answer is that his secret scheme was that after destroying the Ka'bah, he would divert the attention of the Arabs towards his church. And his purpose in this was not to gain religious benefits, but rather he wanted to obtain all the commercial, economic, social, and political benefits that the Quraysh of Makkah enjoyed because of the Ka'bah.
[3] Another meaning of ﴿تَضْلِيْلٍ﴾ ﴿ضَلّ﴾ is that the purpose for which something is done is not achieved, and the action proves to be completely fruitless and useless. For further explanation, see the footnote of Surah Ad-Duha, verse: ﴿وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدٰي﴾.
