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Exegetes such as [[al-Tabrisi]] and [[Tabataba'i]] narrated that upon the sunrise, the army of [[Abraha]] tried hard to move the elephant leading the caravan toward Mecca, but it did not move, until "[[flocks of birds]]" appeared on the horizon while they carried small pebbles and dropped them over the army of Abraha and every single stone pierced what it hit. Abraha who received some of those stones hitting his body, decided to escape and run away until he arrived in [[Yemen]]. When he arrived there, he died and none of his companions could arrive in Yemen.

In [[al-Mizan]], [[Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i]] reports that some exegetes have considered [[Sura al-Fil]] and [[Sura al-Quraysh]] one [[sura]] and accordingly said that about Ashab al-Fil, God said, "If We did not treat Ashab al-Fil that way, We had indeed granted a blessing upon Quraysh and Ashab al-Fil were afflicted with this, so that Quraysh who had escaped from the city could return to it and live there and this made them love [[Mecca]] and the [[Ka'ba]] more than before." About the independence or unity of the two suras, exegetes have extensively discussed.