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== The Event of Moving an Army to Mecca by Abraha == | == The Event of Moving an Army to Mecca by Abraha == | ||
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[[al-Tabrisi]] and some [[exegete]]s have mentioned this issue that [[Abraha]] built a building like the Ka'ba in Yemen and ordered people to circumambulate it like in [[hajj rituals]]; but, they did not follow it and meanwhile, a man from [[Banu Kinana]] went to Yemen and polluted that place. Abraha became angry of that and said, "I swear by my [[Christian]] faith that I will destroy that house, so that no one goes there for visiting and [[hajj]]". Then, he ordered to gather elephants and prepared to move there with a group of people. In the middle of the way, Abraha sent a person to Banu Salim to call people to visit the building he had built like the Ka'ba, but he was killed and this made Abraha more resentful to move more quickly toward [[Mecca]].<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 362; Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 822.</ref> | [[Al-Fadl b. al-Hasan al-Tabrisi|al-Tabrisi]] and some [[exegete]]s have mentioned this issue that [[Abraha]] built a building like the Ka'ba in Yemen and ordered people to circumambulate it like in [[hajj rituals]]; but, they did not follow it and meanwhile, a man from [[Banu Kinana]] went to Yemen and polluted that place. Abraha became angry of that and said, "I swear by my [[Christian]] faith that I will destroy that house, so that no one goes there for visiting and [[hajj]]". Then, he ordered to gather elephants and prepared to move there with a group of people. In the middle of the way, Abraha sent a person to Banu Salim to call people to visit the building he had built like the Ka'ba, but he was killed and this made Abraha more resentful to move more quickly toward [[Mecca]].<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 362; Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 822.</ref> | ||
== Reaction of the People of Mecca against the Army of Abraha == | == Reaction of the People of Mecca against the Army of Abraha == | ||
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== Attack of Flocks of Birds and Defeat of the Army of Abraha == | == Attack of Flocks of Birds and Defeat of the Army of Abraha == | ||
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.<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 823; Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 363.</ref> 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.<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 822; Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 362.</ref> | Exegetes such as [[Al-Fadl b. al-Hasan al-Tabrisi|al-Tabrisi]] and [[Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i|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.<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 823; Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 363.</ref> 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.<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 822; Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 362.</ref> | ||
== After the Defeat of Army of the Elephants == | == After the Defeat of Army of the Elephants == | ||