Destruction of the Army of the Elephant

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The Destruction of the Army of the Elephant refers to the miraculous annihilation of Abraha’s elephant-led force that marched on Mecca, an event commemorated in the Qur’anic chapter Surah Al-Fil.

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Destruction of the Army of the Elephant canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious event ⓘ
Qur’anic narrative ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
approximateDate c. 570 CE ⓘ
approximateDateDescription Year of the Elephant ⓘ
linked to: The Elephant
associatedWithKingdom Aksumite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Aksumite Empire
associatedWithPerson Abraha ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Mecca ⓘ
associatedWithQuranicTerm asf ma’kul ⓘ
tayran ababil ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Yemen ⓘ
associatedWithReligiousFigure Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
associatedWithSanctuary Kaaba ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Quraysh ⓘ
causeOfConflict Abraha’s attempt to destroy the Kaaba ⓘ
centralThemeIn Surah Al-Fil ⓘ
chronologicalMarkerFor Arab dating system before Hijra ⓘ
chronologicalRelationTo birth of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
commemoratedBy recitation of Surah Al-Fil ⓘ
describedIn Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran

Surah Al-Fil ⓘ
hasOtherName Event of the Elephant ⓘ
linked to: The Elephant

Year of the Elephant incident ⓘ
hasSourceType Islamic oral tradition ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
interpretedAs sign of God’s protection of Mecca ⓘ
involvedAnimal war elephants ⓘ
involvedCommander Abraha al-Ashram ⓘ
linked to: Abraha
involvedForceType elephant-led army ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySource Arabic ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Saudi Arabia ⓘ
mentionedInGenre sira literature ⓘ
tafsir literature ⓘ
politicalContext Aksumite presence in Yemen ⓘ
precededBy construction of Abraha’s cathedral in Sana’a ⓘ
preIslamicContext pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
primaryElephantName Mahmud ⓘ
QuranChapterNumber 105 ⓘ
QuranicDescriptionOfAttackers flocks of birds ⓘ
QuranicDescriptionOfPunishment stones of baked clay ⓘ
religiousSignificance miraculous divine intervention ⓘ
protection of the Kaaba ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
result annihilation of Abraha’s army ⓘ
failure of the attack on Mecca ⓘ
usedAs moral lesson about arrogance and power ⓘ
sign of divine sovereignty ⓘ
viewedByMuslimTraditionAs historical fact ⓘ

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Surah Al-Fil → subject → Destruction of the Army of the Elephant ⓘ