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Ababil (Arabic: أبابيل, romanized: abābīl) means a flock of birds. It refers to the miraculous birds in Islamic belief mentioned in Sura 105 of the Quran that protected the Ka'ba 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.^[1] In the translation of sahih international, the phase "tayran abābīl(a)"(طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ) is translated as "Birds in flocks" that is mentioned in the verse 105:3.

The event is said to have occurred in 570, the year that the Islamic prophet Mohammed was born.^[2]Hence it should not be refered to as a mythology.

References

^ Yusuf Ali, Abdullah (1989). The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an. Amana Publications. ISBN 978-1-5900-8016-0.
^ Matthews, John and Caitlin (2005). The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures. HarperElement. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4351-1086-1.

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[Koran-1] Yusuf Ali, Abdullah (1989). The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an. Amana Publications. ISBN 978-1-5900-8016-0.

[2] Matthews, John and Caitlin (2005). The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures. HarperElement. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4351-1086-1.

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 In the translation of sahih international, the phase "''tayran abābīl(a)"''(طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ) is translated as "Birds in flocks" that is mentioned in the verse [https://quran.com/105 105:3].
-The event is said to have occurred in 570, the year that the Islamic prophet [[Mohammed]] was born.<ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=John and Caitlin|title=The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures|year=2005|publisher=HarperElement|isbn=978-1-4351-1086-1|page=5}}</ref>
+The event is said to have occurred in 570, the year that the Islamic prophet [[Mohammed]] was born.<ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=John and Caitlin|title=The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures|year=2005|publisher=HarperElement|isbn=978-1-4351-1086-1|page=5}}</ref>Hence it should not be refered to as a mythology.
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