2018 WAEC Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) Theory Examine the significance of the year of year of Elephant (570 C.E.)

Examine the significance of the year of year of Elephant (570 C.E.)

*The event of the Elephant refers to an attempt to pull down the Kacbah in 570 C.E.

*It occurred when Abdul-Muṭṭalib was the head of Quraysh

*Abraha al-Ashram was then the Abyssinia viceroy of Yemen.

*This is because of the political and economic significance of the pilgrimage as well as the religious leadership of Makkah.

*So he built an elaborate cathedral in Sanāc the capital of Yemen.

*The motive was to attract pilgrims to it instead of the kacbah.

*An Arab was said to have profaned this cathederal.

*He decided to march on Makkah to pull down the Kacbah in retaliation.

*Elephants and other war implements were obtained to execute the plan.

*Allah, the Owner of the House protected it.

*He sent flocks of birds with baked stones to destroy the attackers.

*The rest fled back to Abyssinia disappointed.

*Sūratul Fīl (Q.107) refers to the event.

*Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) was born in that year.

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