The Guiding Light — Page 61
S u rah al-F i l, Chapter 105 61 The fact that the disease which destroyed Abrahah’s army was smallpox in a virulently epidemic form is supported by the great historian Ibn-e-Is ha q. He quotes ‘ A ’ishah ra as saying that she saw two blind beggars in Makkah and on enquiring who they were, she was told that they were the drivers of Abrahah’s elephants (Durr-e-Manth u r). The expression ک ﻴ ﻒ ﻓﻌﻞ ( kaifa fa‘ala ) refers more to the dreadfulness of the scourge which destroyed Abrahah’s army than to the manner of their destruction. ó Ο s 9 r & ö ≅ y è ø g s † ö / è φ y ‰ ø Š x. ’ Î û 9 ≅‹ Î = ô Ò s ? ∩∪ [105:3] Did He not cause their plan to miscarry? Commentary How Abrahah was foiled in his design is writ large on the pages of history. Ÿ ≅ y ™ ö ‘ r & u ρ ö Ν Í κ ö n = t ã # ö s Û Ÿ ≅‹ Î /$ t / r & ∩∪ [105:4] And He sent against them swarms of birds,