Did you not see what your Lord did to the people of the elephant? Did He not place their plot into destruction? And He unleashed upon them swarms of birds, which pelted them with pebbles of baked clay. So He made them like devoured straw.^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

2. Cure through the blessings of the holy KaꜤbah

Dear Islamic brothers! This incident also teaches us how the holy KaꜤbah is a place of many blessings and virtues. Honouring it grants salvation from the wrath of Allah Almighty and relief from illnesses. The scholars state:

One of the blessings of the holy KaꜤbah is that birds will never fly over the holy KaꜤbah, or sit on its roof or walls out of respect for it. If a bird is unwell, it sits on the holy KaꜤbah’s roof or flies over it, and it is cured through the blessings of this.^[2]

Blessings of the key to the door of the holy KaꜤbah

It is written in Shifāˈ al-Gharām:

It has been the tradition of the people of Makkah for many years that if a child is born mute, it is brought to the doors of the holy KaꜤbah, and the key to the holy KaꜤbah is placed in its mouth. Through the blessings of this, the child is able to speak.^[3]

سُبْحٰنَ اللہ! May Allah Almighty grant us the ability to honour the holy KaꜤbah, behold it, take blessings from it, kiss it, and supplicate in its