The Holy Quran 105:4 — Surah Al-Fil

Arabic text

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

Translation

...who pelted them with clay pebbles...

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The story of the People of the Elephant: in brief, the story of the “People of the Elephant” is this: in “Yemen” there was a governor named “Abrahah”, ruling on behalf of the king of “Abyssinia”. He saw that all the Arabs went to perform Hajj to the Kaaba, and he wanted them to gather at his place instead.

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