Surah Fil Amin Ahsan Islahi
The fire does have power to throw its flames at a distance. as we see in the case of lava. M Asad translated it the above cited verse as: “which – behold!- will throw up sparks like [burning] logs.” Birds can drop, but can’t throw or pelt. The same word we use for airplanes for their dropping bombs. They drop bombs and fire missiles and bullets.