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The apes

القردة

A warning to the Sabbath-breakers of the town by the sea — 'Be apes, despised' — and among those whom God transformed were apes and swine.

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Animals and mercy

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 2:65· Qur'an 5:60· Qur'an 7:166

People and things also explored

The birds of the elephant· Anam (livestock: camels, cattle and sheep, and their rulings)· The ant· Awqas (the gaps between the prescribed amounts of zakat on camels, cattle and sheep, and whether zakat is due on them)· The bat· The bear· The bee· The birds

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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The birds of the elephant

God sent against the People of the Elephant flights of birds pelting them with stones of baked clay, leaving them like straw eaten up, when they marched to destroy the Kaaba in the Year of the Elephant.