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Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant[1]?
Translation notes: [1] The army of Abrahah al-Ashram was accompanied by a huge elephant who came with the intention of demolishing the Kaʿba.
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105. The Elephant · 5 verses
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Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant[1]?
Translation notes: [1] The army of Abrahah al-Ashram was accompanied by a huge elephant who came with the intention of demolishing the Kaʿba.
Did He not turn their scheme into a total loss[2]?
Translation notes: [2] Leading them to perish.
He sent against them swarms of birds,
pelting them with stones of baked clay,
leaving them like chewed-up chaff.
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