Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki ya ce:

Allah the Almighty says:

{Lalle akwai wata alama ga mutanen Saba' a wurin zamansu: lambuna biyu, daya a dama, daya a hagu. (Aka ce musu:) "Ku ci daga arzikin Ubangijinku, kuma ku gode masa. Kasa mai kyau ce, kuma Ubangiji mai yawan gafara!" Amma suka juya baya (daga biyayya ga Allah), sai Muka aika musu da Sail Al-'Arim (ambaliyar ruwa da aka saki daga madatsar ruwa), kuma Muka mayar da lambunansu biyu zuwa lambuna masu bada 'ya'yan itace masu daci, da itatuwan tamarisk, da wasu 'yan itatuwan sidr kadan.}

{Indeed there was for Saba' (Sheba) a sign in their dwelling-place -two gardens on the right hand and on the left,; (and it was said to them:) "Eat of the provision of your Lord, and be grateful to Him.' A fair land and an Oft-Forgiving Lord! But they turned away (from the obedience of Allah), so We sent against them Sail AI-'Arim (flood released from the dam), and We converted their two gardens into gardens producing bitter bad fruit, and tamarisks, and some few lotetrees.

Haka muka saka musu saboda sun kasance masu butulce ga ni'ima, kafirai. Kuma ba mu cika saka irin wannan ba face ga wadanda suke butulce (kafirai). Kuma muka sanya, tsakaninsu da garuruwan da muka yi albarka a cikinsu, garuruwa da ake gani a fili, muka kuma sanya tafiyar tsakaninsu cikin sauki, muka ce: "Ku yi tafiya a cikinsu lafiya, da dare da rana." Amma sai suka ce: "Ubangijinmu! Ka sanya tsakanin tafiyarmu ta yi nisa," suka kuma zalunci kansu; sai muka mai da su labarai, muka kuma watsar da su gaba daya.

Like this We requited them because they were ungrateful disbelievers. And never do We requite in such a way except those who are ungrateful (disbelievers). And We placed, between them and the towns which We had blessed, towns easy to be seen, and We made the stages (of journey) between them easy (saying): "Travel in them safely both by night and day." But they said: "Our Lord! Make the stages between our journey longer," and they wronged themselves; so We made them as tales (in the land), and We dispersed them all totally.

Lalle, a cikin wannan akwai alamu tabbatattu ga kowane mai haƙuri, mai godiya.

Verily, in this are indeed signs for every steadfast, grateful (person)}.

(Saba', 15-19)

(Saba', 15-19)

Masana nasabar larabawa -daga cikinsu akwai Muhammad Ibn Ishaq -sun ce: sunan Saba' shi ne `Abd Shams Ibn Yashjub Ibn Ya`rub Ibn Qahtan. Shi ne mutum na farko da ya kama fursunoni, kuma ya kasance mai karimci sosai ga mutane. As-Suhaili ya ce: an ce shi ne mutum na farko da aka nada wa sarauta, kuma wasu malamai sun ce shi musulmi ne kuma ya rubuta waka wadda a cikinta ya yi bushara da zuwan Annabi Muhammad ﷺ. Wannan magana ta karshe an danganta ta ga Ibn Didya a cikin littafinsa mai suna: [At-Tanwir fi Maulid Al-Bashir An- Nadhir]. Imam Ahmad ya ce: Abu `Abdur Rahman ya ba ni labari, daga `Abdullah Ibn Luhai`ah, daga `Abdullah Ibn Da`lah, yana cewa: na ji `Abdullah Ibn Al-`Abbas yana cewa: Wani mutum ya tambayi Manzon Allah ﷺ game da Saba', shin mutum ne, ko mace, ko kuwa sunan wata kasa ne? Sai ya ce: Lallai shi mutum ne wanda aka haifa masa 'ya'ya goma. Shida daga cikinsu sun zauna a Yaman, hudu kuma a Sham (Siriya). Wadanda suka zauna a Yaman sune: Madhhaj, Kindah, Al-Azd, Al-Ash`ariyun, Anmar da Himyar. Wadanda suka zauna a Sham kuwa sune: Laghm, Judham, `Amilah da Ghassan." Wanda ya yi tambayar shi ne Farwah Ibn Musaik Al-Ghatifi.

Scholars of genealogy -among them was Muhammad Ibn Ishaq -said: the name of Saba' is `Abd Shams Ibn Yashjub Ibn Ya`rub Ibn Qahtan. He was the first to take captives and he was very generous to the people. As-Suhaili said: it is said that he was the first person to be crowned, and some scholars said he was Muslim and that he composed poetry in which he brought good news to the advent of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). This last saying was attributed to Ibn Didya in his book titled: [At-Tanwir fi Maulid Al-Bashir An- Nadhir] Imam Ahmed said: I have been told by Abu `Abdur Rahman, after `Abdullah Ibn Luhai` ah, after `Abdullah Ibn Da`lah saying: I heard `Abdullah Ibn Al- `Abbas as saying: A man asked Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) about Saba', whether it was a man, a woman, or a name of a land? He (Peace be upon him) said: Verily, he was a man to whom ten sons were born. Six thereof inhabited the Yemen andfour Sham (Syria). Those in Yemen were: Madhhaj, Kindah, Al-Azd, Al-Ash `ariyun, Anmar and Himyar. And those who inhabited Syria were: Laghm, Judham, `Amilah and Ghassan." The Questioner was Farwah Ibn Musaik Al-Ghatifi.

Wannan yana nufin cewa sunan Saba' ya shafi dukkan waɗannan kabilu; daga cikinsu akwai kuma At-Tababi'ah (guda ɗaya: Tubba') a ƙasar Yaman. Sarakunansu suna sanya kambi a kai kamar yadda sarakunan Farisa suke yi. Larabawa suna kiran duk wanda ya yi mulkin Yaman da Hadramaut da "Tubba'", kamar yadda suke kiran sarakunan Sham (Siriya) da yankin Larabawa "Kaisar", sarkin Farisa kuma "Khusrau", sarkin Masar "Fir'aun", sarkin Habasha "Negus", sarkin Indiya kuwa "Ptolemes". Bilkis kuma tana cikin sarakunan Himyar waɗanda suka yi mulki a Yaman. Suna rayuwa cikin farin ciki da sauƙi, tare da yalwar arziki: 'ya'yan itatuwa, shuke-shube, da sauransu, kuma mutane ne masu adalci waɗanda suke bin Hanya madaidaiciya. Amma sa'ad da suka canja ni'imar Allah suka kuma ƙaryata ta, babu makawa suka jawo wa kansu da al'ummarsu halaka da lalacewa.

This means that the term Saba' covers all these tribes; among them also were At- Tababi `ah (Sing. Tubba` ) in the Yemen. Their kings used to put crowns on as were done by kings of Persia. The Arabs used to call whomsoever rules over the Yemen and Hadramaut "Tubba`", as they used to call kings of Sham (Syria) and the Arab Peninsula "Caesar", and the ruler of Persia "Khusrau", the ruler of Egypt Fir` aun (Pharaoh), the ruler of Abyssinia "Negus", and the ruler of India "Ptolemes", and Bilqis was from among the Himyar kings who ruled the Yemen. They lived in happiness and easiness, with abundance of sustenance: fruits, plants, etc. and they were righteous people who followed the Straight Path, but when they altered the Grace of Allah and denied it, they inevitably incurred to themselves and their peoples destruction and devastation.

Muhammad Ibn Ishaq, yana ruwaya daga Wahb Ibn Munabbih, ya ce: Allah Madaukakin Sarki ya aika musu Annabawa goma sha uku. As-Sadi kuwa ya yi iƙirarin cewa Allah Madaukakin Sarki ya aika musu Annabawa dubu goma sha biyu. Allah ne Mafi sani! Abin da ake nufi shi ne, a lokacin da suka musanya shiriya da ɓata, suka yi sujada ga rana maimakon Allah Madaukakin Sarki, al'amarin da ya faru a zamanin Bilƙis da kakanninta, da kuma wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa lokacin da Allah ya aika musu da ambaliyar ruwa da aka saki daga madatsar ruwa. Allah Madaukakin Sarki ya bayyana: {Amma suka juya baya (daga biyayyar Allah), sai Muka aika musu da Sail Al-'Arim (ambaliyar ruwa da aka saki daga madatsar ruwa), kuma Muka mayar da lambuna biyu nasu zuwa lambuna masu ba da 'ya'yan itace masu ɗaci, da itatuwan tamarisk, da wasu 'yan itatuwan lote kaɗan. Haka muka saka musu saboda sun kasance kafirai marasa godiya. Kuma ba ma saka irin wannan sai ga waɗanda suke marasa godiya (kafirai)}.

Muhammad Ibn Ishaq narrating from Wahb Ibn Munabah said: Allah the Almighty sent them thirteen Prophets. And, As-Sadi claimed that Allah the Almighty sent them twelve thousand Prophets. Allah knows best! The point is, when they replaced guidance with misguidance and prostrated themselves before the sun instead of Allah the Almighty, the matter which took place during the era of Bilqis and her ancestors and that which continued till Allah sent over them a flood released from the dam. Allah the Almighty explained: {But they turned away (from the obedience of Allah), so We sent against them Sail Al-`Arim (flood released from the dam), and We converted their two gardens into gardens producing bitter bad fruit, and tamarisks, and some few lote trees. Like this We requited them because they were ungrateful disbelievers. And never do We requite in such a way except those who are ungrateful (disbelievers)}.

Yawancin malamai sun ambata cewa an gina Madatsar Ma'rib ne don riƙe ruwa a bayan manyan duwatsu biyu, kuma da ruwan ya tara, mutane suka fara dasa lambuna da bishiyoyi masu 'ya'ya da nau'o'in kayan lambu masu yawa. An ce wanda ya fara gina madatsar shi ne Saba' Ibn Ya'rub, wanda ya canja hanyar kwaruruka saba'in, yana tilasta su zubar da ruwa a cikinsu. Bugu da ƙari, ya sa ruwan ya fito daga maɓuɓɓugai ko ramuka talatin, amma ya rasu kafin ya kammala ta.

Many scholars mentioned that the Dam of Ma'rab was built to keep water behind two great mountains, and when the water raised, the people began to implant orchards and fruitful trees and many kinds of vegetables. It is said that the originator of the darn was Saba' Ibn Ya` rub who changed the course of seventy valleys forcing them to pour out water therein. In addition, he forced the water to get out from thirty springs or holes, but he died before completing it.

Kabilar Himyar ce ta kammala shi, kuma yana da girman fili daya na murabba'in fareshi.

So, the tribe of Himyar perfected it and it was of the space of one square league.

Daga nan, suna rayuwa cikin farin ciki da yalwa. Qatada da wasu sun ce: matar daga cikinsu takan tafi ɗauke da kwando a kanta, sai a cika shi da 'ya'yan itace sabo, masu nuna. Sun kuma ce iskar da suke shaƙa tana da tsafta da tsarki har ba a samun ƙuda, ko ƙwayoyin cuta masu cutarwa a ƙasarsu. Allah Maɗaukaki yana cewa: {Lallai akwai ga Saba' (Sheba)

Thereupon, they were living in happiness and abundance. Qatada and others said: the woman (from among them) would go putting a basket on her head, and it would be filled with fresh, ripe fruits, and they said that the air they breathed was so clean and pure that neither flies, nor harmful germs were found in their land. Allah the Almighty says: {Indeed there was for Saba' (Sheba)

Alamar da ke cikin wurin zamansu: lambuna biyu, daya a dama daya a hagu; (aka ce musu:) Ku ci daga arzikin Ubangijinku, kuma ku gode masa. Kasa mai dadi da kuma Ubangiji mai yawan gafara!} (Saba'i, 15) Har ila yau, {Ka tuna lokacin da Ubangijinku ya sanar: Idan kuka gode (ta hanyar karbar Imani da bautar Allah kadai), zan kara muku (na Albarkata); amma idan kuka yi butulci (watau kafirai), lallai azabata tana da tsanani}. (Ibrahim, 7) Amma sai suka yi wa wasu baya ga Allah Mai girma kwalliya, suka kuma yi girman kai ga Alherinsa - tafiye-tafiyen da ke tsakaninsu sun kasance masu sauki, wadanda suke yin tafiya cikin aminci da dare da rana - sai suka roki Allah ya sa tazarar tafiyarsu ta zama mai nisa da wahala. Haka suka roki a canza alheri ya zama mugunta, kamar Isra'ilawa wadanda suka roki Allah Mai girma ya canza Mannan da zomo zuwa ganye, kokwamba, Fum (alkama ko tafarnuwa), kwaya da albasa. Nan take aka hana su wannan babbar albarka da alheri mai yawa; kasarsu ta lalace, su kansu kuma aka warwatsa su a ko'ina cikin duniya. Allah Mai girma ya ce: {Amma suka juya baya (daga biyayya ga Allah), sai Muka aika musu da Sail Al-`Arim (ruwan ambaliya da aka saki daga madatsar ruwa)}.

a sign in their dwelling -place- two gardens on the right hand and on the left; (and it was said to them:) Eat of the provision of your Lord, and be grateful to Him. A fair land and an Oft-Forgiving Lord!} (Saba', 15) and, {And (remember) when your Lord proclaimed: If you give thanks (by accepting Faith and worshipping none but Allah), I will give you more (of My Blessings); but if you are thankless (i.e. disbelievers), verily My punishment is indeed severe}. (Ibrahim, 7) But, when they adorned other than Allah the Almighty and arrogantly dealt with His Grace -the stages (of journey) between them were easy in which they used to travel safely both by night and day -and asked Him to make the stages between their journeys longer and severer. Thus, they asked to turn the good into what is bad like the Children of Israel who asked Allah the Almighty to turn Manna and quails into herbs, cucumbers, Fum (wheat or garlic), lentils and onions. Thereupon, they were deprived that great blessing and comprehensive grace; their land was destroyed and they themselves were scattered allover the globe. Allah the Almighty says: {But they turned away (from the obedience of Allah), so We sent against them Sail Al-`Arim (flood released from the dam)}.

Yawancin malamai sun ce: Allah Maɗaukaki ya aika beraye ko bera a kan tushen madatsar ruwa, kuma a lokacin da suka gano haka sai suka kawo kuliyoyi don su cinye su, amma duk ya zama a banza. Tushen ya yi rauni sosai, a ƙarshe madatsar ta rushe, ruwa kuma ya nutsar da komai. Itatuwansu masu 'ya'ya masu kyau sun koma – kamar yadda Allah Maɗaukaki ya bayyana – marasa kyau: {Kuma Muka canza lambunansu biyu zuwa lambuna masu 'ya'yan itace ɗaci marasa kyau, da kuma itatuwan tamarisk}. Da {kuma wasu 'yan itatuwan lote kaɗan}, domin suna ba da Nabk, wanda yake kaɗan ne a cikin ƙayoyi marasa adadi da suke da su. Allah Maɗaukaki ya ce: {Haka muka sakanta musu saboda sun kasance kafirai masu butulci. Kuma ba ma sakamakon irin wannan face ga waɗanda suke butulci (kafirai)}, watau: Ba mu azabtarwa face da wannan azaba mai tsanani ga waɗanda suka kafirta da Mu, suka ƙaryata Manzanninmu, suka saɓa umarnanmu, suka keta iyakokinmu.

Many scholars said: Allah the Almighty sent mice or rats on the bases of the darn, and when they discovered this they brought cats to eat them up, but all was in vain. The bases became very weak and finally the darn collapsed and the water drowned everything. Their good fruitful trees turned into -as explained by Allah the Almighty -bad ones: {And We converted their two gardens into gardens producing bitter bad fruit, and tamarisks}. And {and some few lote-trees} for they produce Nabk which is very few among the countless thorns they have. Allah the Almighty says: {Like this We requited them because they were ungrateful disbelievers. And never do We requite in such a way except those who are ungrateful (disbelievers)} i.e. We only punish -with this severe punishment those who disbelieved in Us, belied Our Messengers, disobeyed Our Orders, and violated Our Boundaries.

Allah Mai Girma da Daukaka yana cewa: {Saboda haka Muka maishe su labari (a cikin ƙasa), kuma Muka warwatsa su gaba ɗaya} watau bayan halakar gonakinsu, dukiyoyinsu da ƙasarsu, sun buƙaci yin tafiya da ƙaura. Don haka suka warwatsa a sassa daban-daban na ƙasar, inda wasu suka koma Hejaz, Khuza'ah kuma ya koma Makka. Wasu daga cikinsu sun koma Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, su ne suka fara zama a cikinta. Sai kuma wasu ƙabilu uku na Yahudawa suka bi su: Banu Qainuqa', Banu Quraizah, da Banu An-Nadir. Yahudawan sun yi ƙawance da Aus da Khazraj, suka zauna a can (har zuwa lokacin Annabi Muhammad ﷺ). Wasu daga cikinsu sun koma Sham (Siriya), daga baya kuma suka karɓi Kiristanci: Ghassan, Amilah, Bahra', Lukham, Judham, Tanukh, Taghlub, da sauransu.

Allah the Almighty says: {So We made them as tales (in the land), and We dispersed them all totally} i.e. after the destruction of their gardens, properties and land, they needed to travel and move away. Thus, they scattered in different parts of the land as some of them moved to the Hejaz, and Khuza' ah moved to Mecca. Some of them also moved to Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, they were the first to inhabit it. Then, they were followed by three tribes from the Jews: the Banu Qainuqa', Banu Quraizah, and Banu An-Nadir. The Jews made coalitions with the Aus and Khazraj and lived there (till the time of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)). Some of them, moved to Sham (Syria) and afterwards they converted to Christianity: Ghassan, Amilah, Bahra', Lukham, Judham, Tanukh, Taghlub, and others.

Muhammad Ibn Ishaq, a cikin littafinsa Sirar Annabi [Kitab As-Sirah], ya ce mutumin farko da ya bar Yaman kafin Sail Al-'Arim (ambaliyar da ta fito daga madatsar ruwa) shi ne 'Amr Ibn 'Amir Al-Lukhami. Lukham ɗan 'Adyi Ibn Al-Harith Ibn Murrah Ibn Azd Ibn Zaid Ibn Muha' Ibn 'Amr Ibn 'Uraib Ibn Yashjub Ibn Zaid Ibn Kahlan Ibn Saba' ne. Haka kuma Ibn Hisham ya ce: Lukham Ibn 'Adyi Ibn 'Amr Ibn Gharib Ibn Saba' ne. Ibn Ishaq ya ce: dalilin da ya sa ya bar Yaman, kamar yadda Abu Zaid Al-Ansari ya gaya mini, shi ne cewa ya ga wani bera ko ɓeri yana tona ƙarƙashin madatsar Ma'rab wadda ake amfani da ita wajen riƙe ruwa a bayanta. Sai ya fahimci cewa madatsar ba za ta daɗe tsaye ba, don haka ya yi niyyar barin Yaman. Duk da haka, ya yaudari mutanensa ta hanyar umartar ƙaramin ɗansa ya mare shi a fuska a gaban mutane. Ɗan ya yi abin da aka umarce shi, sai 'Amr ya ce: Ba zan taɓa zama a wurin da ƙaramin ɗana zai mare ni a fuska ba. Ya kuma miƙa dukiyarsa a sayar. Sai manyan Yaman suka ce:

Muhammad Ibn Ishaq, in his The Prophet's Biography [Kitab As-Sirah], said that the first to quit the Yemen before the Sail Al-'Arim (the flood released from the dam) was' Amr Ibn 'Amir Al-Lukhami. Lukham was the son of 'Adyi Ibn Al-Harith Ibn Murrah Ibn Azd Ibn Zaid Ibn Muha' Ibn 'Amr Ibn 'Uraib Ibn Yashjub Ibn Zaid Ibn Kahlan Ibn Saba'. It is said also by Ibn Hisham: Lukham Ibn 'Adyi Ibn 'Amr Ibn Gharib Ibn Saba'. Ibn Ishaq said: the reason behind his moving from Yemen as I was told by Abu Zaid Al-Ansari that he saw a mouse or rat digging beneath the dam of Ma'rab which was used to keep the water behind, so he realized that the dam would not stand so long, so he intended to move from the Yemen. However, he tricked his people by ordering his youngest son to slap him on the face before the people. The son did what he was ordered to and 'Amr said: I would never live in a place where my youngest son slapped me on the face. And he offered his property to be sold. The noblemen of the Yemen said:

Ka yi amfani da damar fushin 'Amr ka sayi dukiyarsa gaba ɗaya. Saboda haka, ya tafi tare da 'ya'yansa da zuriyarsu. Azd suka ce: ba za mu bar 'Amr Ibn 'Amir ba, sai suka sayar da dukiyoyinsu suka bi shi a guduwarsa (ba tare da sanin ainihin niyyarsa ba). Suka isa ƙasar 'Ak, waɗanda suka yi yaƙi da su, yakinsu kuma ya sha fama da nasara da koma baya.

seize the opportunity of 'Amr's rage and buy all his property. Hence, he moved along with his children and their offspring. The Azd said: we never leave 'Amr Ibn 'Amir, so they sold their properties and accompanied him in his fleeing (without knowing his real intentions). They arrived at the land of `Ak who fought against them and their war had its ups and downs.

A ƙarshe, sun tashi daga ƙasar 'Ak suka watse a cikin ƙasashe. Ibn Jafnah Ibn 'Amr Ibn 'Amir ya tafi Sham (Siriya), Al-Aus da Al-Khazraj sun tafi Yathrib (Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah), Khuza'ah sun tafi Marran, Azd As-Sarah sun tafi As-Sarah, Azd 'Amman kuma sun tafi 'Amman. Sai Allah Mai girma da ɗaukaka ya aika ambaliyar ruwa a kan madatsar ruwan, kuma ta rushe gaba ɗaya. Alƙur'ani Mai girma yana shaida wannan lamari.

Finally, they departed from the land of 'Ak and dispersed in the lands. Ibn Jafnah Ibn 'Amr Ibn 'Amir went to Sham (Syria), Al-Aus and Al-Khazraj went to Yathrib (Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah), Khuza'ah went to Marran, Azd As-Sarah went to As-Sarah, and Azd 'Amman went to 'Amman, then Allah the Almighty sent the flood against the dam and it was totally collapsed. The Glorious Qur'an bears witness to this incident.

As-Sadi ya ruwaito irin wannan, kuma Muhammad Ibn Ishaq ya ce 'Amr Ibn `Amir firist ne. Wasu kuma sun ce matarsa Tarifah Bint Al-Khair Al-Himyariyah ce, kuma ita firistar mace ce. Ta yi hasashen halakar kasarsu kamar yadda suka ga alama a cikin wannan bera ko beran jeji, don haka suka aikata abin da suka aikata, kuma Allah ne mafi sani! Dukkan labarinsa an ambata shi a cikin Tafsiri a kan ikon `Ikriamh bayan Ibn Abu Hatim.

As-Sadi narrated the like and Muhammad Ibn Ishaq said that 'Amr Ibn `Amir was a priest. Others said that his wife was Tarifah Bint Al-Khair Al-Himyariyah and that she was a priestess. She foretold the destruction of their country as if they saw an indication in that rat or mouse, so they did what they did, and Allah knows best! His whole story was mentioned in the Exegesis on the authority of `Ikriamh after Ibn Abu Hatim.

Amma ba duk mutanen Saba'a ne suka bar Yemen bayan rushewar madatsar ba, sai dai yawancinsu sun zauna a can. Mutanen Madatsar (Ma'rab) kawai ne suka tafi suka warwatse a cikin ƙasa. Wannan ya bayyana a cikin Hadisin da aka ambata a baya wanda Abdullahi ɗan Abbas ya ruwaito, cewa yawancin mutanen Yemen ba su bar Yemen ba. Kabilu huɗu ne kawai suka fita, kabilu shida kuma suka zauna. Sun ci gaba da zama a can, kuma mulkin ya kasance a hannunsu da na Tababi'ah har sai da aka hana su 'yancin kansu na mulki - kusan shekara saba'in - ta hannun rundunar da Negus ya aika ƙarƙashin jagorancin Abraha da Aryat. Daga baya, Saif ɗan Dhi Yazan Al-Himyari ne ya sake karɓe shi, jim kaɗan kafin haihuwar Annabi Muhammadu ﷺ. Sannan Manzon Allah ﷺ

However, not all the people of Saba' moved from the Yemen after the collapsing of the dam, but the majority thereof stayed there. Only the people of the Dam (Ma'rab) went away and dispersed in the land. This is expressed in the Hadith mentioned earlier that was narrated by `Abdullah Ibn `Abbas, that the majority of the Yemenites did not movem from the Yemen. Only four tribes quitted and six tribes stayed. They continued to live there and the ruling was kept by them and the Tababi`ah till they were deprived of their own self-ruling - for about seventy years -by the army sent by the Negus under the command of Abraha and Aryat. Then, it was regained by Saif Ibn Dhi Yazan AI-Himyari shortly before Prophet Muhammad's birth. Then, Allah's Prophet (Peace be upon him)

An aika zuwa Yaman da `Ali Ibn Abu Talib da Khalid Ibn Al-Walid, sannan Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari da Mu`adh Ibn Jabal don kiran mutane su karbi Musulunci. Daga baya, Al-Aswad Al-`Ansi ya kwace Yaman, ya kuma kori wakilan Manzon Allah ﷺ. A zamanin Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, an kashe Al-Aswad Al-`Ansi, Musulmi kuma suka samu rinjaye a Yaman.

sent to the Yemen `Ali Ibn Abu Talib and Khalid Ibn Al-Walid, then Abu Musa Al- Ash`ari and Mu`adh Ibn Jabal to invite the people to embrace Islam. Then, Al- Aswad Al-`Ansi seized the Yemen and drove out the deputies of Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him). During the era of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, Al-Aswad Al-`Ansi was killed and the Muslims had the upper hand in the Yemen.