What does Quran 105:2 mean?

Quran 105:2 (Surah Al-Fil, Ayah 2) translates to: "Did He not make their plan into misguidance?"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 105:2 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant), the 105th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Guidance, Divine Justice, Arrogance, Divine Decree, Warning.

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ

Alam yaj'al kai dahum fee tad leel

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

3 other themes with weak connections

Labeled by AI and people · How this works

Lessons from past peoples

105:2Ayah 15

3 ayahs in Al-Fil are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

Did He not make — that is to say He did indeed make — their stratagem to destroy the Ka‘ba go astray ending up in failure and destruction

Loading related ayahs…