Qur'anScience
Qur'anScience
An army with elephants came to destroy the Ka‘bah — and Allah held the elephant back, and sent birds in flocks. In that very year, according to the biographers, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was born. The closing story of Stories from the Qur’an and the opening of the Prophet’s Sirah — from the Qur’an and authentic Hadith only, without Israiliyyat. “Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?”
“Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?”
Anyone beginning the Prophet’s Sirah
Parents & heads of families
Students of tafsir
Preachers, teachers & counsellors
The story of the Companions of the Elephant — the verses of Surah Al-Fil 105:1–5, Quraysh 106:1–4 and Ali ‘Imran 3:96–97 with the Sahih International translation, a flow chart of the story and a table linking the Year of the Elephant to the Prophet’s Sirah, authentic Hadith with linked chains of narration, commentary of trusted scholars, a table of Israiliyyat, and an honest archaeological note on Abraha’s inscription with academic journal references.