The Makkan Period
Chapter 1 · Event 2
Year of the Elephant
570 CE Makkah
The year Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was born, Abraha the Abyssinian ruler marched upon Makkah with elephants to destroy the Ka'bah. Allah destroyed his army with birds of clay.
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