LessonsSupplementary Practice 20: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Humazah and al-FīlQuiz

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And He sent against them birds in groups. (الفيل: 3)

The wāw in wa-arsala links this clause to the preceding account. After the plot’s failure is declared, the action associated with that outcome is introduced. The coordination supports narrative cohesion.

Ṭayran is indefinite and abābīla describes birds coming in groups. The expression conveys grouping rather than a precise number, so numerical claims should not be inferred solely from the morphology of abābīl.

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Supplementary Practice 20: Comparative Rhetorical Study of Sūrat al-Humazah and al-Fīl

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And He sent against them birds in groups. (الفيل: 3)

The wāw in wa-arsala links this clause to the preceding account. After the plot’s failure is declared, the action associated with that outcome is introduced. The coordination supports narrative cohesion.

Ṭayran is indefinite and abābīla describes birds coming in groups. The expression conveys grouping rather than a precise number, so numerical claims should not be inferred solely from the morphology of abābīl.