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Ababeel (Islam)

Ababil (Arabic: أبابيل, romanized: abābīl) refers to the miraculous birds in Muslim belief mentioned in Surah Al-Fil of the holy Islamic book Quran that protected the Kaaba in Mecca from the Aksumite elephant army of Abraha, then self-styled governor of Himyar, by dropping small clay stones on them as they approached. Muslims believe the event occurred in 570, the year that the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born.

References

  1. Yusuf Ali, Abdullah (1989). The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an. Amana Publications. ISBN 978-1-5900-8016-0.
  2. Salahi, Adil (2010-03-01). Muhammad: Man and Prophet. Kube Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-86037-429-9.
  3. Matthews, John and Caitlin (2005). The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures. HarperElement. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4351-1086-1.
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