Surah Al Fil ayat 3 Tafsir Quran 105:3

﴿وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ﴾
[ الفيل: 3]

105:3 And He sent against them birds in flocks,

and unleashed upon them swarms of birds birds in droves one following the next it is said there is no singular form for it abābīl like asātīr; but some say that the singular is abūl or ibāl or ibbīl similar in constructed pattern to ‘ajūl miftāh and sikkīn

He overwhelmed them with throngs of birds coming in very large flights

(105:3) And He sent against them swarms of birds *5

And He sent against them birds in meaning

*5) Ababil means many separate and scattered groups whether of men or other creatures, which come from different sides successively.
'Ikrimah and Qatadah say that these swarms of birds had come from the Red Sea side.
Sa`id bin Jubair and 'Ikrimah say that such birds had neither been seen before nor ever after; these were neither birds of Najd, nor of Hijaz, nor of Timamah ( the land between Hijaz and the Red Sea ).
lbn 'Abbas says that their beaks were like those of birds and claws like the dog's paw.
'Ikrimah has stated that their heads were like the heads of the birds of prey, and almost all the reporters are agreed that each bird carried a stone in its beak and two stones in its claws.
Sotne people of Makkah had these stones preserved with them for a long time.
Thus, Abu Nu`aim has related a statement of Naufal bin Abi Mu`awiyah, saying that he bad seen the stones wich had been thrown on the people of the elephant; they equalled a small pea seed in size and were dark red in colour.
According to Ibn `Abbas's tradition that Abu Nu`aim has related, they were equal to a pine kernel, and according to Ibn Marduyah, equal to a goat's dropping.
Obviously, all the stones might not be equal but differing in size to some extent.

 

( And send against them ) and set on them ( swarms of flying creatures ) in succession,

And sent against them birds, in flocks,

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