Naeem's Blog

We all know the story of Abraha and the battalion of elephants that he employed to destroy the Kaaba. Sura Fil in the Quran is dedicated to recounting his foolish antics and the ensuing punishment from Allah (swt) - a brigade of birds armed with powerful pebbles.

The miracle (and its poetic justice) is how the tiniest of birds with the tiniest of pebbles were able to destroy the mightiest of armies.

The lesson is not one for the history books. The tale of this assault on the house of Allah lives on - every single day.

Let us begin by reflecting on how Allah Himself declared the heart of the believer to be His blessed home:

"Neither the Heavens nor the Earth could accommodate Me, but the heart of my servant is a house for me."

And it is this very house of Allah, the precious heart of the Mumin, that is constantly being attacked by shaytaan and his mighty forces.

And Allah has armed us feeble humans with seemingly insignificant (to us) pebbles to fend off this ferocious army - pebbles with the same miraculous powers of the pebbles in Sura Fil.

Performing good deeds, busying the tongue with the constant remembrance of Allah, and of course the ever-powerful dua’a. They may seem petty and trifle, but these pebbles have the power to wipe out the dark forces of Shaytaan.

Let us protect the house of Allah inside all of us, in the same manner that Allah (swt) protected His house in Mecca.