أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவர்களுடைய சூழ்ச்சியை அவன் பாழாக்கி விடவில்லையா?
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔවුන්ගේ කුමන්ත්රණය මුළා කිරීමක පත් නො කළේද?
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کیا ان کے مکر کو بےکار نہیں کردیا؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれは,かれらの計略を壊滅させられたではないか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 难道他没有使他们的计谋, 变成无益的吗?
Tafsir of 105:2
Which was revealed in Mecca ﴿بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴾ In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful A Summary of the Story of the People of the Elephant This is the story of the people of the Elephant, in brief, and summarized. It has already been mentioned in the story of the People of the Ditch that Dhu Nuas, the last king of Himyar, a polytheist -- was the one who ordered killing the People of the Ditch. They were Christians and their number was approximately twenty thousand. None of them except a man named Daws Dhu Tha`laban escaped. He fled to Ash-Sham where he sought protection from Caesar, the emperor of Ash-Sham, who was also a Christian. Caesar wrote to An-Najashi, the king of Ethiopia (Abyssinia), who was closer to the home of the man. An-Najashi sent two governors with him: Aryat and Abrahah bin As-Sabah Abu Yaksum, along with a great army. The army entered Yemen and began searching the houses and looting in search of the king of Himyar (Dhu Nuwas). Dhu Nuwas was eventually killed by drowning in the sea. Thus, the Ethiopians were free to rule Yemen, with Aryat and Abrahah as its governors.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)