Qur'an 105:3 Al-Fil
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
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What it says
The army had an elephant, which was the largest instrument of war anyone in that part of the world had seen. What came against it was birds. The mismatch is not an ornament of the story, it is the argument the surah is making.
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وَأَرْسَلَ wa-arsala and He sent · عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim against them · طَيْرًا ṭayran birds · أَبَابِيلَ abābīl in flock after flock
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