favor baked Makkah Elephant Ethiopian clay San'a Yemen
Abraha
was
an
ruler
who
ruled
.
He
erected
a
great
church
in
with
the
hope
of
diverting
the
annual
pilgrimage
from
the
Ka'bah
to
the
new
church
.
When
this
did
not
happen
,
he
was
determined
to
destroy
the
Ka'bah
.
He
set
out
for
at
the
head
of
a
large
army
,
which
included
a
huge
war
elephant
.
This
was
unknown
and
very
surprising
to
the
Arabs
;
they
,
therefore
,
called
this
year
in
which
this
incident
occurred
"
The
Year
of
the
.
"
Abraha's
army
was
completely
destroyed
on
its
march
.
Abraha
himself
died
on
his
return
to
San'a
.
The
nature
of
the
doom
that
overtook
the
invading
army
was
certainly
miraculous
.
It
brought
a
sudden
and
totally
unexpected
rescue
to
the
distressed
people
of
Makkah
.
As
the
army
camped
outside
the
sacred
area
around
the
Ka'bah
,
Allah
destroyed
them
with
a
flock
of
birds
,
which
pelted
them
with
stones
of
.
These
stones
caused
severe
bleeding
,
and
their
wounds
became
infected
with
pus
,
leading
to
their
deaths
in
a
short
time
.
Allah
,
the
Almighty
,
saved
His
House
.
The
purpose
of
this
Surah
is
to
show
Allah's
on
the
tribe
of
Quraish
of
Makkah
and
His
protection
of
His
Sacred
House
.
This
incident
took
place
in
the
year
571
,
the
year
in
which
the
Prophet
Muhammad
(
?
)
was
born
.