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  • Saudi Refuses $4 Million for Sacred Stone

    11/21/2012 3:49:01 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 26 replies
    Emirates 24/7 ^ | Sunday, November 11, 2012
    A Saudi man on a hunting trip in the rugged mountains near the border with Yemen stumbled across a little dark stone, which he instantly recognized as that mentioned in the holy Koran. A year later, he was offered $four million for the stone but he refused. Saleh Musfer Al Gamdi said the stone, which carries drawings of birds and elephants, weighs 131 gm, exactly the same number of words in the Koran verse that mentioned the stone-- “Surat Al Fil (elephant).” According to that verse, God the Almighty sent Ababil birds to throw Sejil stones (pebbles of hell) to...