LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇. *COMMENTARY AND TAFSIR OF THE VERSES OF THE GLORIOUS QURAN (Episode 162)

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AS SALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU. LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                                *COMMENTARY AND TAFSIR OF THE VERSES OF THE GLORIOUS QURAN (Episode 162)*                                                               


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Ibn Jarir said: The first interpretation looks more proper because Allah the Almighty says after this: *{nor was it needful for Us to send (such a thing)}, i.e. Allah was not in need to send such a thing to punish them when they belied His Messengers and killed His godly man, {It was but one Saihah (shout) and lo! They (all) were still (silent, dead, destroyed)}*. Interpreters said: Allah the Almighty sent Gabriel (Peace be upon him) who maintained a grasp on their town's gate and made a single shout {one Saihah (shout) and lo!.
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They (all) were still (silent, dead, destroyed)}, i.e. they turned to be silent, motionless and dead. Finally, all these indicate that the town mentioned in the Qur'anic verses was not Antioch because the people of Antioch believed in Allah and followed the messengers of Jesus pbuh Moreover, Antioch was said to be the first town to declare faith in Jesus (pbuh). *Refer 36:13-29 more*.
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*Let's continue on brief story on these verses*👇.                                *[105:1] Al-Fīl-الْفِيل*
"اَلَمۡ  تَرَ کَیۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّکَ  بِاَصۡحٰبِ الۡفِیۡلِ ؕ﴿۱﴾

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with those who had elephants? *[105:2] Al-Fīl-الْفِيل*
"اَلَمۡ  یَجۡعَلۡ  کَیۡدَہُمۡ فِیۡ  تَضۡلِیۡلٍ ۙ﴿۲﴾

Did He not thwart their crafty designs?
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*[105:3] Al-Fīl-الْفِيل*
"وَّ  اَرۡسَلَ عَلَیۡہِمۡ  طَیۡرًا  اَبَابِیۡلَ ۙ﴿۳﴾

And He sent on to them (ambient) swarms of birds,                                    *[105:4] Al-Fīl-الْفِيل*
"تَرۡمِیۡہِمۡ  بِحِجَارَۃٍ  مِّنۡ سِجِّیۡلٍ ۪ۙ﴿۴﴾

Which pelted them with stone-hard slugs.                                                                  *[105:5] Al-Fīl-الْفِيل*
"فَجَعَلَہُمۡ کَعَصۡفٍ مَّاۡکُوۡلٍ ٪﴿۵﴾

Then (Allah made them perish) like chewed-up chaff.
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At- Tabari said: The first one to tame elephants was Ifridun Ibn Athqiyan who killed Ad- Dahhaq. He was the first to use saddle for horses. But, the first one to tame and ride on horses was Tahmuris, the third king on earth. It is also said that Isma'il Ibn Ibrahim (Peace be upon them) was the first to ride horses. It is probably that he was the first one to ride on them from among the Arabs, and Allah knows the best. It is said: Though the elephant is so huge, he fears from cats. Thereupon, some warlords, during their fight against the Indians, brought some cats to the battlefield the matter that forced the elephants to bolt.
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Ibn Ishaq said: the governor or viceroy, Abraha Al-Ashram built a huge and very lofty churcb, and wrote to the king of Abyssinia, Negus that "I have built you a church that is unprecedented, and I am intending to divert pilgrimage from Mecca to Abyssinia”. Al-Suhaili said: Abraha Al-Ashram subjugated the Yemenites to build that mean church and forced them to taste several sorts of humiliation. He used to cut off the hand of the one who comes late for labor till the sun rises. He took many valuable things from the palace of Bilqis to add thereto. He took marbles, precious stones, and valuable luggage.
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Moreover, he erected gold and silver crosses, built ebony and ivory pulpits, and raised the church's stature and

expanded its width. Afterwards, when Abraha was killed, whosoever tried to take anythinging out of its body or ornaments, the Jinn were reluctant and hesitant to do him harm. For, it was built above the burial of two idols called Ku'aib and his wife, the height of which was about sixty cubits. So, the Yemenites left it untouched till the era of Al-Saffah, the first Abbaside Caliph. He, Al-Saffah, sent a group of pious scholars of will firm who totally demolished it, and it was
destroyed then till the present day.
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Ibn Ishaq said: When the Arabs heard of the letter of Abraha sent to Negus,
a man from Kinanah got angry. He set out till he reached the church where he urinated on its walls.l No body noticed him, and upon that he returned home safely. The news reached Abraha who asked about the doer. He was answered: *this was done by one of those Arabs who perform pilgrimage to the Ka'bah at Mecca when he heard of your declared intention that you would divert pilgrimage from their Sacred House to your (recently-built) church. He (the Arab) got angry and came to excrete therein declaring it to be unqualified (to the event)*
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Upon hearing this, Abraha burst with rage and took oath that he would demolish the ka'abah. Then, he ordered the Abyssinians (Christians) to get prepared for war. He led a big expedition against Mecca accompanying an elephant or elephants in his train. The Arabs heard of the news and they were terrified, but they decided to fight him when the news was affirmed that he intended to destroy the Sacred House. A man from among the noblemen of Yemen called Dhu Nafar set out for him accompanied with his own clan and those who answered his call to fight against Abraha.
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The two parties met, Dhu Nafar and his followers were defeated and he himself was taken as a prisoner of 'war. He was then brought before Abraha who was about to kill him, but Dhu Nafar said: *"0 king! Don't kill me, I may be of any use to you"*. Abraha did not kill him and he kept him tied up in custody. Then Abraha went on intending what he set out for. He arrived at the land of Khath'am where he encountered with Nufail Ibn Habib Al-Khath' ami who was leading his two tribes -Shahran and Nahis- along with his followers from among the Arabs. Nufail was defeated and taken as a prisoner of war to be brought before Abraha.

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End of Today's Education. Subhanakallahuma wabihamdik ash-Hadu an llaaila Ilan Anta wastagfiruka wa atuuubu ilayhi. *Suggestions, Complaints and Grievances pertaining this program are welcome privately*. May Allah Azza wajjala strengthen and make us steadfast in faith. May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and grant us Jannah...Aa MIN