The Elephant Year, Abraha Army

Abraha was enraged and swore to go to the kaaba and destroy it. And so he ordered his Abyssinian troops to equip themselves and make ready, He took the army of sixty thousand with nine or thirteen elephants to attack on Kaaba. Abraha arrived in near Makkah border and made a halt at al-Mughammis his elephant sat down he encamp there. he sent on ahead to Mecca one of his Abyssinian men named al-Aswad bin Maqsud with some cavalry. On the nearby area Quraish use to graze their animals and camels, he robbed all the animals that grazing, included 200 camels there. In the morning Abraha prepared to enter Makkah, ready his elephant and equipping his troops. The elephant’s name was Mahmud

Birds Emerge From Sea

Far ways from here in ocean There was a commotion as if a great force were coming from the sea. With a gust of wind, the people looked around and saw what was coming. Among them were the people of Quraish and Abraha.

Then Allah Al Jabbar sent them birds from the sea like swifts that were raised up from the sea, these Birds were small in size but it was looking like those of birds who has paws like dogs. their heads were like those of lions which emerged at them from the sea and that these were green, they were seems to be in form to the griffins. they were black sea-birds bearing stones in their beaks and claws. each one of which carried three stones, one in its beak and one in each claw.