We will start from the 30^th para as it is mostly recited in prayers [Namaz]. Before we start make sure to follow two things:

1. Whenever you recite the Quran, always use the same Quran for your entire life. There are 15 line Quran [in which one page comprises of 15 lines], 10 line Quran, and etc available in the market, therefore, it is compulsary to only use the Quran which you used in the first place. In this way, you will remember the lines and paragraph according to page numbers and surahs easily.

2. It is recommended to memorize the surah first before learning these lectures. However, if you want to than you can learn the lectures first and then memorize the surah, but make sure you revise the lecture again to fully understand the surah.

SURAH FEEL [Fil]

We will start our lectures with Surah Feel as it is recited many times in prayers and is also a very important surah.

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Note : If we want to add a little delay after then, for example, Zaid came then [After some time] Bakr came, to make this delay use سُمَّ instead of فَ

FULL TRANSLATION

TAFSEER OF THIS SURAH

This is one of the favors Allah did for the Quraysh. He saved them from the People of the Elephant who had tried to tear down the Ka`abah and wipe out all traces of its existence. Allah destroyed them, defeated them, thwarted their plans, made their efforts in vain and sent them back routed. They were people who were Christians, and thus, their religion was closer to the True Religion (Islam) than the idolatry of the Quraysh.
However, this was a means of giving a sign and preparing the way for the coming of the Messenger of Allah. For verily, he was born during that same year according to the most popular opinion. So the tongue of destiny was saying, “We will not help you, O people of Quraysh, because of any status you may have over the Ethiopians (Abyssinians). We are only helping you in order to defend the Ancient House (the Ka`abah), which We will honor, magnify, and venerate by sending the unlettered Prophet, Muhammad, the Finality of all Prophets.”

Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala begins this Surah by saying, “Have you not seen..” because its direct address is not only to Rasoolullah sallalahu aalyhi wa sallam, but also to the Quraysh and other people of the entire Arabia. These were the people who had witnessed with their own eyes the event of the destruction of the people of the elephant, for it had occurred only about forty to forty-five years earlier, and the people of Arabia had continually heard it described by the eye-witnesses themselves so that they had become so certain of it as though they had seen it with their own eyes.

The word kayd is used for a secret plan meant to harm somebody. The question is, what was secret in this case? Sixty thousand troops together with several elephants had openly come from Yemen to Makkah, and they had kept no secret that they had come to destroy the Ka`abah.
Therefore, there was nothing secret about this plan. However, what was secret was the motive of the Abyssinians. They by destroying the Ka`abah, crushing down the Quraysh and intimidating the Arabians, wanted to take control of the trade route that led from south Arabia to Syria and Egypt. This motive they kept hidden, and instead proclaimed their intent that they wanted to destroy the Ka`abah, the principal House of Arab worship, in retaliation for the pollution of their cathedral by the Arabs.

Ababil means many separate and scattered groups whether of men or other creatures, which come from different sides successively. ‘Ikrimah and Qatadah say that these swarms of birds had come from the Red Sea side. Sa`id bin Jubair and ‘Ikrimah say that such birds had neither been seen before nor ever after; these were neither birds of Najd, nor of Hijaz, nor of Timamah (the land between Hijaz and the Red Sea).
lbn ‘Abbas says that their beaks were like those of birds and claws like the dog’s paw. ‘Ikrimah has stated that their heads were like the heads of the birds of prey, and almost all the reporters are agreed that each bird carried a stone in its beak and two stones in its claws. So the people of Makkah had these stones preserved with them for a long time.
Thus, Abu Nu`aim has related a statement of Naufal bin Abi Mu`awiyah, saying that he had seen the stones which had been thrown on the people of the elephant; they equaled a small pea seed in size and were dark red in color. According to Ibn `Abbas’s tradition that Abu Nu`aim has related, they were equal to a pine kernel, and according to Ibn Marduyah, equal to a goat’s dropping. Obviously, all the stones might not be equal but differing in size to some extent.
Ibn Hisham said, “Al-Ababil are the groups, as the Arabs do not speak of just one (bird).” He also said, “As for As-Sijjil, Yunus An-Nahwi and Abu `Ubaydah have informed me that according to the Arabs, it means something hard and solid.” He then said, “Some of the commentators have mentioned that it is actually two Persian words that the Arabs have made into one word. The two words are Sanj and Jil, Sanj meaning stones, and Jil meaning clay. The rocks are of these two types: stone and clay.”

The word asf means the outer covering of seeds, which the farmer throws away after the grain has been separated from it. Then the animals eat it, and some of it falls down in the chewing and some is trampled under the hoofs. So the flocks of birds showered the army with stones and killed each of the individual. In this ayah, Allah SWT gave the resemblance of their bodies with the husk of grain, which have been chewed by cattle.

LESSON
[MORAL]

A mighty army of men and leehants can be crushed by little birds. So if you have Allah on your side, it doesn’t matter who is against you. But if Allah is against you, it doesn’t matter who is on your side. This Surah also tells us that Allah is not bound or scared of human made weapons and technology nor He is impressed of the huge armies and superpowers. If Allah wants something to happen, He makes it happen.

BENEFITS & VIRTUES
OF RECITING SURAH FEEL

Hazrat Muhammad SAW told that:

1. Surah Feel recitation will protect you from harmful creatures after reading this 313 times in a single day after Isha prayer for 40 days continuously.

2. Surah Feel protects you from many health problems like High Blood pressure, Sugar and can be cured by reading it.

Some of the virtues of reading of Surah Feel are:

1. Recitation of Surah al-Feel gives security from foes and helps everyone to solve issues.

2. If you read Surah Feel over a weapon, it would hit the objective and destroy the competitor’s weapons.

3. If you read Surah Feel, it will help you get rid of your enemies, and their challenges and issues tackled rapidly. Recitation of this Surah is useful to get protection from fiendish dictators and rulers.

4. If Surah Feel is recounted and read over an individual in a difficult situation, his concerns and inconveniences will disappear. The reciter of Surah Fil would consistently have an advantage over his rival.

Note: Allah [S.W.T] never said that whenever there will be an attack on Kaabah, He [S.W.T] will save it. As muslims, it is our rightful duty to protect the Kaabah with our wealth and lives and whatever sacrifices it takes. It is also important to believe in Allah [S.W.T] and ask His help as He [S.W.T] is the only One who can help us and that He [S.W.T] is not bound to any worldly desires and technology.

Congragulations! You have completed your Seventeenth day task. Revise thoroughly what we have taught you above. Memorize the above Surah with its translation and tafseer and make sure to recite it as much as possible.