وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- ஹுதமா என்ன என்பதை உமக்கு அறிவித்தது எது?
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- හුතමාව යනු කුමක් දැ? යි නුඹව දැනුවත් කළේ කුමක් ද?
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور تجھے کیا معلوم کہ ایسی آگ کیا ہوگی؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 業火が,何であるかをあなたに理解させるものは何か。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你怎能知道毁灭坑是什麽?
Tafsir of 104:5
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)