The Guiding Light — Page 55
S u rah al-F i l, Chapter 105 55 First Rak‘ah of the Friday Maghrib Prayer Importance of S u rah al-F i l 1 • This chapter gives an account of the historical incidence which took place in Arabia, when a powerful and strong army of trained soldiers equipped with arms and powerful elephants, attempted to attack the House of God, and was defeated by actions of small birds. • The Holy Prophet sa is given reassurance in this chapter that God, who can destroy powerful armies by agency of mere birds, has got the power to make the Holy Prophet sa successful against powerful enemies • This chapter contains a promise that the protection of All a h the Exalted will last till the day of judgement. • These days Islam is under attack by powerful enemies who are attacking the fundamental basis of this religion. All a h the Exalted has promised that strong enemies will be defeated by small and apparently insignificant righteous people. 1 Tafs i rul-Qur’ a n by The Promised Messiah, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadi a n, Pages 487-489 available on www. alislam. org