Stories of Allah's Enemies
Qur’anic Verses on the People of the Elephant
Abraha and his mighty army, supported by elephants, marched to attack the Kaaba. God sent birds carrying stones of baked clay, annihilating them and leaving them like chewed straw. This shows that worldly power is nothing against God’s will.
Quran Soura 105 Aya 1-5 :
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ
And He made them like eaten straw.
