A short surah of the Quran, al-Fil, reminds the people of Makkah of an event they knew themselves. A great army with an elephant had come to destroy the Ka'bah.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ
“Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? Did He not make their plan into misguidance? And He sent against them birds in flocks, Striking them with stones of hard clay, And He made them like eaten straw.”
Surah Al-Fil 105:1–5
Translation: Saheeh International (QuranEnc)
Allah made their plot fail. He sent birds in flocks that pelted them with stones of baked clay, and they became like chewed-up straw.
ⓘ Histories give the name of the army's leader and the year; the Quran does not, so they are left out here. A sourced account will come in the history series.