Al-Fil 105:4
The Elephant · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 601
Stones of Baked Clay
تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةࣲ مِّن سِجِّيلࣲ ٤
Which pelted them with stones of baked clay.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Striking them with stones of baked clay.
Insight
Elmalılı relates from Ibn Hisham that “sijjil” meant very hard and firm among the Arabs. Some consider it to come from two Persian words, “stone and clay”.
Reflect
Remember that nothing is small for Allah’s power.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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