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Sura # 105
al Feel
In the name of Allah, the Beneficient, the Merciful!
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the
Elephant? Did He not cause their treacherous plan to be futile,
and send against them flights of birds, which pelted them with
stones of sand and clay? Thus He made them like devoured dry
leaves.
In the Shade of the Qur'an
Sura # 105
al Feel
In the name of Allah, the Beneficient, the Merciful!
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the
Elephant? Did He not cause their treacherous plan to be futile,
and send against them flights of birds, which pelted them with
stones of sand and clay? Thus He made them like devoured dry
leaves.
In the Shade of the Qur'an
This surah refers to a widely famous incident in the Arabian Peninsula
which took place before the commencement of the Islamic message. The
incident shows very clearly how Allah protected the Holy land, which He
willed to be the focal point of the last enlightenment, the cradle of the
new ideology, from where it was to begin its blessed and holy march to
exterminate Ignorance from all corners of the world and to establish in
its place Allah's infallible guidance. The various reports on this
incident relate that after the Abyssinians had expelled the Persians
from Yemen and established their rule there, the Abyssinian governor of
Yemen, Abrahah, built a superbly luxurious church in his area giving it
the name of the Abyssinian emperor at the time. He did this after he had
witnessed the love and enthusiasm of Yemeni Arabs - which were the same
as those felt all over the Arab land - to the Ka'ba, the Holy Mosque at
Makka; with the aim of making them forsake their attachment to the Mosque
of Makka and turn instead to his new luxurious church.
But the Arabs did not turn away from their Holy House. They believed
themselves to be the descendants of Abraham and Ishmael who built the
House. For them, this fact was a source of pride in line with their
tradition of taking pride in their forefathers. Besides, vain and hollow
as they were, their beliefs were, in their eyes, better and more profound
than those of the people of earlier revelations (Jews and Christians).
They knew how the latter beliefs were conflicting and futile.
As a result, Abrahah made up his mind to pull down the Ka'ba in order
