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BackSurrah Al-Fil (105)1. Have you (O Muhammad, peace be upon him, not seen how your Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant? [The Elephant army which came from Yemen under the command of Abrahah Al-Ashram intending to destroy the Ka'bah at Makkah].2. Did He not make their plot go astray? 3. And He sent against them birds, in flocks, 4. Striking them with stones of Sijjil (baked clay). 5. And He made them like an empty field of stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle). Allah, the Almighty, revealed this verse to remained His Messenger about how He destroyed the omnipotent (i.e. the owners of the Elephants) in an hour. So Mohammad be patient and don't bother yourself with what Quraishs' people do for you. And Allah is able to destroy them as he did with the owners of the Elephants while the are more powerful than the people Quraish. So this Surah like a lesson. The story of the army of the Elephants (the Qur'an 105:1-5). This incident happened during the period of he birth-year of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Abrahah Al-Shram was the governor of Yemen on behalf of the king of Ethiopia (as Yemen was a part of the Ethiopian kingdom). He (Abrahah) thought to build a bouse (like the Ka'bah at Makkah) in San'a (the capital of Yemen) and call the Arabs to perform the pilgrimage there in San'a instead of the Ka'bah (Al-Bait Al-Haram) in Makkah, with the intention of diverting the trade and benefits from MaKkah to Yemen. He presented his idea to the king of Ethiopia who agreed to his idea. So the house (church) was built and he named it Al-Qullai; there was no church of its like at that time. Then a man from the Quraish tribe of Makkah came there and was infuriated by it, so he relieved his nature (stools and urine) in it, soiled its walls and went away. When Abrahah Al-Ashram saw that, he could not control his anger and raised an army to invade Makkah and demolish the Ka'bah. He had in that army thirteen elephants and amongst them was an elephant called Mahmud which was the biggest of them. So that army proceeded and none amongst the Arab tribes that faced them (fought against them) but was killed and defeated, till it approached near Makkah. Then there took place negotiations between Abrahah Al-Ashram and the chief of Makkah (Abdul Muttalib bin Hashim, the grandfather of the Prophet, peace be upon him), and it was concluded that Abrahah would restore the camels of Abdul Mutalib which he had taken away, and then he (Abrahah Al-Ashram) would decide himself as regards the Ka'bah. Abdul Muttalib ordered the men of Makkah to evacuate the city and go to the top of the mountains along with their wives and children in case some harm should come to them from the invading oppressors. Then that army moved towards Makkah till they reached Muhassir valley. While the army was marching towards Makkah, in the middle of the valley, suddenly it was overtaken by flocks of birds, flocks after folcks, air-raiding that army with small stones slightly bigger than a lentil seed. There never fell a stone on a slodier except it dissolved his flesh and burst it into peices. So they perished with a total destruction. Abrahah Al-Ashram fled away while his flesh was bursting into pieces till he died on the way (back to Yemen). Such was the Victory bestowed by Allah, (the All-Majestic, All-powerful) to the people of Makkah and such was the protection provided by Him for His House (Ka'bah in Makkah) . |
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