The Year of the Elephant and the Prophet's birth
The traditional year of the Prophet ﷺ Muhammad's birth in Mecca — Monday 9 Rabi' I of the Year of the Elephant, given in the book as 20 or 22 April 571 CE.
In the Qur'an · 2
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?
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وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And send against them swarms of flying creatures,
In the Sunnah · 1
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Mishkat al-Masabih {pg} — evil deeds and lampooning
Mishkat al-Masabih · 719
An excerpt from al-Tabrizi's Mishkat al-Masabih, from the extracted copy; quoted within forty words per the sources policy.
In the other books · 1
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السلوك لمعرفة دول الملوك — المقريزي — p. 258
al-Suluk li-Ma'rifat Duwal al-Muluk · 258
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