A slideshow explaining the meaning of Surah Al-Feel- the year the Prophet Muhammad was born. For a free digital copy and worksheets, DM quran4kidz on Instagram.

1. Surah Al-Feel
Created by: Banan Mahmaljy Obeid

2. Surah Background
In the same year as the birth of the Prophet (S), there
lived a Christian King named Abraha. He was the ruler
of Yemen.
At the time, most trade was going through Mecca
because the Arabs considered the Kaaba to be Holy.
Abraha felt envious of this, so he built a massive
Church to lure people to his kingdom. His intention
was to take the attention and trade away from Mecca
and bring it to Yemen.
When his plan didn’t work, he gathered an army of
60, 00 and made his way to Mecca to crush the
Kaaba.
He took with him an army of elephants- this was an
animal that that the Arabs were not familiar with.

3. Don’t you want to protect
your kaaba?
When the people of Mecca heard about the approaching army, many of
them evacuated the city and hid in the mountains.
Abraha arrived to Mecca and asked to speak to the leader of Quraysh.
The leader at the time was Abdul-Muttalib (the Prophet’s grandfather)
Abraha thought the destruction of the Kabaa
would be a piece of cake, with nobody
staying behind to protect it.
The Kaaba has a Lord
and he will take care
of it.

4. Suddenly the sky became black as hundreds of thousands of
birds filled the sky, flying towards the Kaaba.
Each bird was carrying a pebble from Jahanam.
Each stone was pre-programmed by Allah to hit a specific
target.
The pebbles shot at their targets with such force, as to enter
the body and come out of the other side.
Abraha’s army continued the march towards the Kaaba,
when the elephants refused to move forward. Allah ordered
the elephants to stop.

5. 40 years after the people of Mecca saw this miracle,
they were asked to believe that Muhammad (S) was a
Prophet.
After seeing assassin birds covering the sky, and after
witnessing Allah wiping out an entire army, why was it
so hard for the Meccans to believe in the miracle of the
Quran??

6. Did you see how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephant?
Didn’t he destroy all their evil plans?
Ayah #1
Ayah #2

7. And he sent upon them birds that
darkened the sky
Ayah #3

8. Ayah #4
Ayah #5
So he left them like chewed up straw
Everything went quiet after this event.
Days, weeks, months later, there was nothing left of their remains
Striking them with stones of baked clay