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Quran · Surah 105

Birds with stones of baked clay

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ReferenceSurah 105
Written610–632 CE
SetThe Year of the Elephant, c. 570 CE
Did He not bring their stratagem to naught, And send against them swarms of flying creatures, Which pelted them with stones of baked clay, And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?

Translation: Pickthall, 1930 · About the translator

Read it literally

An air strike on an army with elephants, in the year Muhammad was born.

What scholars say

Refers to an Abyssinian army's attack on Mecca; historians suggest disease.

From the sky Looks like technology
People and places hereMeccaMuhammad

Quick answers about Surah 105

Where is Surah 105 found?

Surah 105 (Quran). Translation quoted: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930).

When was Surah 105 written?

610–632 CE.

What do scholars say about Surah 105?

Refers to an Abyssinian army's attack on Mecca; historians suggest disease.

Sources

  1. Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)Primary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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