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In the titular novella the protagonist, Zahra, has just returned to her hometown after being divorced by her husband for being too traditional and unable to keep up with his modern way of life. Murray E. Fowler; Susan K. Mikota (2006). Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants. John Wiley & Sons. p.353. ISBN 978-0-8138-0676-1. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023 . Retrieved 17 October 2020. Tabuce, R.; Asher, R. J.; Lehmann, T. (2008). "Afrotherian mammals: a review of current data" (PDF). Mammalia. 72: 2–14. doi: 10.1515/MAMM.2008.004. S2CID 46133294. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2021 . Retrieved 19 June 2017. Somgrid, C. "Elephant Anatomy and Biology: Skeletal system". Elephant Research and Education Center, Department of Companion Animal and Wildlife Clinics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012 . Retrieved 21 September 2012. Moss, C. "Elephant Calves: The Story of Two Sexes". Elephants: Majestic Creatures of the Wild. pp.106–113.This event is referred to in the Qur’an, in Surah 105, Al-Fil ( Arabic: الـفِـيـل, "The Elephant"), and is discussed in its related tafsir. See also: Elephants in Kerala culture, List of elephants in mythology and religion, and List of fictional pachyderms According to Mohammad Asad, the words used in this verse, namely the "stones of sijjil", denote "a writing and, tropically, something that has been decreed [by God]". [9] He further explains that this decree by God was a very sudden epidemic outbreak, which, according to Ibn Ishaq, caused fever (in arabic hasbah) and smallpox (arab. judari). This, as Asad concludes, points to the fact that the "stone hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained" were a very sudden virulent epidemic due to the fact that the word for fever "hasbah" primarily means "pelting [or smiting] with stones" in the famous arabic dictionary al-Qamous (القاموس) by Fairuzabadi. [10] [11] The word ta'ir can denote any "flying creature, whether bird or insect (Taj al-'Arus)". [12] However, some scholars like Neal Robinson disagree with Asad method of translation and interpretation. [13] Shia [ edit ]

a b Schulz, A. K.; Ning Wu, Jia; Sara Ha, S. Y.; Kim, G. (2021). "Suction feeding by elephants". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 18 (179). doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0215. PMC 8169210. PMID 34062103. Nance, Susan (2013). Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. According to early Islamic historians such as Ibn Ishaq, in honor of his ally, Abraha built a great church at Sana'a known as al-Qullays, a loanword borrowed from εκκλησία "church".In surahs Al-Qaria (No. 101) to Al-Humaza (No. 104), it is pointed to the Quraysh that they have remained so possessed with the love of wealth and children that they have grossly failed to fulfill the rights of God as well as their fellow beings. Despite this, they still claim to be the heirs of Abraham and Ishmael and the custodians of the Baytullah (House of God) built by them. [37] Connection with next surah [ edit ] Baleka, S; Varela, L; Tambusso, P. S.; Paijmans, J. L. A.; Mothé, D; Stafford Jr., T. W.; Fariña, R. A.; Hofreiter, M (2022). "Revisiting proboscidean phylogeny and evolution through total evidence and palaeogenetic analyses including Notiomastodon ancient DNA". iScience. 25 (1): 103559. Bibcode: 2022iSci...25j3559B. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103559. PMC 8693454. PMID 34988402.