Allah Yang Maha Kuasa berfirman:

Allah the Almighty says:

{Sesungguhnya bagi kaum Saba' ada tanda (kekuasaan Allah) di tempat tinggal mereka, iaitu dua kebun di sebelah kanan dan di sebelah kiri. (Dikatakan kepada mereka:) "Makanlah dari rezeki Tuhan kamu dan bersyukurlah kepada-Nya. Negeri kamu adalah negeri yang baik dan Tuhan kamu adalah Tuhan Yang Maha Pengampun." Tetapi mereka berpaling (daripada ketaatan kepada Allah), lalu Kami datangkan kepada mereka banjir besar (Sail al-'Arim, air bah yang dilepaskan dari empangan), dan Kami tukarkan dua kebun mereka menjadi dua kebun yang menghasilkan buah pahit, pokok-pokok bidara dan sedikit pokok sidr.}

{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.

Demikianlah Kami membalas mereka kerana mereka adalah orang-orang yang kufur dan tidak bersyukur. Dan Kami tidak membalas dengan cara sedemikian melainkan kepada orang-orang yang tidak bersyukur (kafir). Dan Kami jadikan antara mereka dan negeri-negeri yang Kami berkati itu, negeri-negeri yang kelihatan jelas, dan Kami menjadikan perjalanan antara mereka mudah (sambil berfirman): "Berjalanlah di dalamnya dengan aman, baik pada waktu malam mahupun siang." Tetapi mereka berkata: "Wahai Tuhan kami! Jadikanlah jarak perjalanan kami lebih jauh," dan mereka menzalimi diri mereka sendiri; maka Kami jadikan mereka sebagai cerita-cerita (di negeri-negeri), dan Kami cerai-beraikan mereka sama sekali.

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.

Sesungguhnya, dalam hal ini terdapat tanda-tanda yang benar-benar jelas bagi setiap orang yang sabar dan bersyukur.

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

(Saba', 15-19)

(Saba', 15-19)

Ulama ilmu nasab -antaranya Muhammad Ibn Ishaq- berkata: nama Saba' ialah `Abd Shams Ibn Yashjub Ibn Ya`rub Ibn Qahtan. Dia adalah orang pertama yang menawan tawanan perang, dan dia sangat dermawan kepada rakyatnya. As-Suhaili berkata: diriwayatkan bahawa dia adalah orang pertama yang dimahkotakan, dan sebahagian ulama berkata bahawa dia seorang Muslim dan bahawa dia menggubah syair yang membawa khabar gembira tentang kedatangan Nabi Muhammad ﷺ. Pendapat terakhir ini dinisbahkan kepada Ibn Didya dalam kitabnya yang bertajuk: [At-Tanwir fi Maulid Al-Bashir An-Nadhir]. Imam Ahmad berkata: Telah menceritakan kepadaku Abu `Abdur Rahman, daripada `Abdullah Ibn Luhai`ah, daripada `Abdullah Ibn Da`lah, katanya: Aku mendengar `Abdullah Ibn Al-`Abbas berkata: Seorang lelaki bertanya kepada Rasulullah ﷺ tentang Saba', sama ada dia seorang lelaki, seorang perempuan, atau nama sebuah negeri? Baginda ﷺ bersabda: Sesungguhnya dia adalah seorang lelaki yang dilahirkan baginya sepuluh orang anak. Enam daripadanya menetap di Yaman dan empat di Sham (Syria). Yang menetap di Yaman ialah: Madhhaj, Kindah, Al-Azd, Al-Ash`ariyun, Anmar dan Himyar. Dan yang menetap di Syria ialah: Lakhm, Judham, `Amilah dan Ghassan. Yang bertanya ialah 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.

Maksud ini ialah istilah Saba' merangkumi semua kaum ini; antara mereka juga ialah At-Tababi'ah (tunggal: Tubba') di Yaman. Raja-raja mereka biasa memakai mahkota sebagaimana yang dilakukan oleh raja-raja Parsi. Orang Arab biasa memanggil sesiapa sahaja yang memerintah Yaman dan Hadramaut dengan gelaran "Tubba'", sebagaimana mereka memanggil raja-raja Sham (Syria) dan Semenanjung Arab dengan gelaran "Kaisar", dan pemerintah Parsi dengan gelaran "Khusrau", pemerintah Mesir dengan gelaran Fir'aun, pemerintah Habsyah dengan gelaran "Najashi", dan pemerintah India dengan gelaran "Ptolemes". Bilqis pula berasal daripada kalangan raja-raja Himyar yang memerintah Yaman. Mereka hidup dalam kebahagiaan dan kesenangan, dengan kelimpahan rezeki: buah-buahan, tumbuh-tumbuhan, dan sebagainya, serta mereka adalah kaum yang soleh yang mengikuti Jalan yang Lurus. Namun apabila mereka mengubah nikmat Allah dan mengingkarinya, mereka pasti menimpakan ke atas diri mereka dan kaum mereka kebinasaan dan kehancuran.

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 meriwayatkan daripada Wahb Ibn Munabah, katanya: Allah Yang Maha Agung mengutus kepada mereka tiga belas orang Nabi. Dan As-Sadi mendakwa bahawa Allah Yang Maha Agung mengutus kepada mereka dua belas ribu orang Nabi. Allah jualah Yang Lebih Mengetahui! Intinya, apabila mereka menggantikan petunjuk dengan kesesatan dan sujud kepada matahari dan bukan kepada Allah Yang Maha Agung, perkara ini berlaku pada zaman Balqis dan nenek moyangnya, dan berterusan sehingga Allah mengirimkan ke atas mereka banjir yang dilepaskan dari empangan. Allah Yang Maha Agung berfirman: {Tetapi mereka berpaling (daripada ketaatan kepada Allah), lalu Kami lepaskan ke atas mereka banjir besar (dari empangan), dan Kami gantikan dua kebun mereka dengan dua kebun yang berbuah pahit, pokok cemara dan sedikit pokok bidara. Demikianlah Kami membalas mereka kerana kekufuran mereka. Dan Kami tidak membalas sebegitu melainkan kepada orang-orang yang sangat kufur}.

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)}.

Ramai ulama menyebutkan bahawa Empangan Ma'rab dibina untuk menakung air di sebalik dua gunung yang besar. Apabila air bertambah, penduduk mula menanam kebun dan pokok-pokok berbuah serta pelbagai jenis sayur-sayuran. Dikatakan bahawa pembina empangan itu ialah Saba' bin Ya'rub, yang telah mengubah haluan tujuh puluh lembah sehingga air mengalir ke dalamnya. Selain itu, beliau memaksa air keluar dari tiga puluh mata air atau lubang, tetapi beliau meninggal dunia sebelum menyiapkannya.

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.

Maka, kaum Himyar menyempurnakannya, dan ia berada dalam ruang seluas satu batu persegi.

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

Oleh itu, mereka hidup dalam kebahagiaan dan kemewahan. Qatadah dan lain-lain berkata: wanita dari kalangan mereka akan berjalan dengan meletakkan bakul di atas kepalanya, dan bakul itu akan dipenuhi dengan buah-buahan segar yang masak, dan mereka berkata bahawa udara yang mereka sedut begitu bersih dan tulen sehingga tidak ada lalat mahupun kuman berbahaya yang didapati di negeri mereka. Allah Yang Maha Kuasa berfirman: {Sesungguhnya bagi kaum Saba' (Sheba) terdapat}

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)

Tanda bagi mereka di tempat tinggal mereka: dua taman di sebelah kanan dan di sebelah kiri; (dan dikatakan kepada mereka:) Makanlah rezeki dari Tuhan kamu, dan bersyukurlah kepada-Nya. Negeri yang baik dan Tuhan Yang Maha Pengampun!} (Saba', 15) Dan {Dan (ingatlah) ketika Tuhan kamu mengumumkan: Jika kamu bersyukur (dengan menerima iman dan tidak menyembah sesuatu selain Allah), nescaya Aku akan menambah (nikmat-Ku) kepada kamu; tetapi jika kamu kufur, sesungguhnya azab-Ku amatlah pedih}. (Ibrahim, 7) Namun, apabila mereka menjadikan selain Allah Yang Maha Agung sebagai hiasan dan bersikap sombong terhadap kurnia-Nya -perjalanan di antara negeri-negeri mereka dahulu mudah, yang mereka gunakan untuk bepergian dengan selamat, baik malam mahupun siang -lalu mereka meminta kepada-Nya agar perjalanan antara tempat-tempat mereka dibuat lebih jauh dan lebih sukar. Demikianlah, mereka meminta agar yang baik diubah menjadi yang buruk, seperti Bani Israil yang meminta kepada Allah Yang Maha Agung agar mengubah manna dan burung puyuh menjadi sayur-sayuran, timun, fum (gandum atau bawang putih), kacang adas dan bawang. Maka mereka dicabut dari nikmat yang besar dan kurnia yang menyeluruh itu; negeri mereka dihancurkan dan mereka sendiri diceraiberaikan ke seluruh dunia. Allah Yang Maha Agung berfirman: {Tetapi mereka berpaling (daripada ketaatan kepada Allah), lalu Kami datangkan ke atas mereka banjir Sail Al-`Arim (banjir yang dilepaskan dari empangan)}.

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)}.

Ramai ulama berkata: Allah Yang Maha Tinggi menghantar tikus-tikus di atas asas empangan, dan apabila mereka menyedarinya, mereka membawa kucing untuk memakan tikus-tikus itu, tetapi semuanya sia-sia. Asas-asas itu menjadi sangat lemah dan akhirnya empangan itu runtuh, dan air menenggelamkan segala-galanya. Kebun-kebun mereka yang subur dan berbuah bertukar menjadi – sebagaimana dijelaskan oleh Allah Yang Maha Tinggi – kebun yang buruk: {Dan Kami gantikan kedua-dua kebun mereka dengan dua kebun yang berbuah pahit, buruk, dan pokok-pokok andang}. Dan {serta sedikit pokok bidara}, kerana ia menghasilkan nabk, yang amat sedikit berbanding duri-duri yang tidak terkira banyaknya. Allah Yang Maha Tinggi berfirman: {Demikianlah Kami membalas mereka kerana kekufuran mereka, dan tidaklah Kami membalas sedemikian melainkan orang-orang yang kufur}, iaitu Kami hanya menyeksa – dengan azab yang berat ini – mereka yang kufur kepada Kami, mendustakan para Rasul Kami, mengingkari perintah Kami, dan melanggar batas-batas Kami.

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 Yang Maha Kuasa berfirman: {Maka Kami jadikan mereka sebagai cerita-cerita (di negeri mereka), dan Kami cerai-beraikan mereka sama sekali}, iaitu selepas kemusnahan kebun, harta dan tanah mereka, mereka terpaksa mengembara dan berpindah jauh. Maka mereka bertebaran di pelbagai bahagian negeri, sebahagian daripada mereka berpindah ke Hejaz, dan Khuza'ah berpindah ke Mekah. Sebahagian daripada mereka juga berpindah ke Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, dan merekalah yang mula-mula mendiami kota itu. Kemudian, mereka diikuti oleh tiga puak Yahudi: Banu Qainuqa', Banu Quraizah, dan Banu An-Nadir. Orang Yahudi itu membuat pakatan dengan Aus dan Khazraj dan tinggal di sana (sehingga zaman Nabi Muhammad ﷺ). Sebahagian daripada mereka pula berpindah ke Sham (Syria), dan kemudiannya mereka memeluk agama Kristian: Ghassan, Amilah, Bahra', Lukham, Judham, Tanukh, Taghlub, dan lain-lain.

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, dalam Kitab As-Sirah (Biografi Nabi), berkata bahawa orang pertama yang meninggalkan Yaman sebelum Sail Al-'Arim (banjir yang dilepaskan dari empangan) ialah 'Amr Ibn 'Amir Al-Lukhami. Lukham ialah anak kepada 'Adyi Ibn Al-Harith Ibn Murrah Ibn Azd Ibn Zaid Ibn Muha' Ibn 'Amr Ibn 'Uraib Ibn Yashjub Ibn Zaid Ibn Kahlan Ibn Saba'. Ibn Hisham juga berkata: Lukham Ibn 'Adyi Ibn 'Amr Ibn Gharib Ibn Saba'. Ibn Ishaq berkata: sebab beliau berpindah dari Yaman, sebagaimana yang diceritakan kepadaku oleh Abu Zaid Al-Ansari, ialah beliau melihat seekor tikus atau tikus besar sedang menggali di bawah empangan Ma'rab yang digunakan untuk menahan air, lalu beliau menyedari bahawa empangan itu tidak akan bertahan lama, maka beliau berniat untuk berpindah dari Yaman. Namun, beliau memperdayakan kaumnya dengan memerintahkan anak bongsunya menampar mukanya di hadapan orang ramai. Anaknya melakukan apa yang diperintahkan, lalu 'Amr berkata: Aku tidak akan sekali-kali tinggal di tempat yang anak bongsuku menampar mukaku. Dan beliau menawarkan hartanya untuk dijual. Pembesar-pembesar Yaman berkata:

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:

Manfaatkan peluang kemarahan 'Amr dan beli semua hartanya. Maka, dia berpindah bersama anak-anaknya dan keturunan mereka. Bani Azd berkata: kami tidak akan meninggalkan 'Amr bin 'Amir, lalu mereka menjual harta mereka dan turut bersamanya dalam pelariannya (tanpa mengetahui niat sebenarnya). Mereka tiba di negeri 'Ak yang memerangi mereka, dan peperangan mereka mengalami pasang surut.

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.

Akhirnya, mereka meninggalkan negeri 'Ak dan berpencar ke seluruh negeri. Ibn Jafnah bin 'Amr bin 'Amir pergi ke Sham (Syria), Al-Aus dan Al-Khazraj pergi ke Yathrib (Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah), Khuza'ah pergi ke Marran, Azd As-Sarah pergi ke As-Sarah, dan Azd 'Amman pergi ke 'Amman. Kemudian Allah Yang Maha Kuasa mengirimkan banjir ke atas empangan itu, lalu ia runtuh sepenuhnya. Al-Qur'an yang Mulia menjadi saksi atas peristiwa ini.

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 meriwayatkan yang serupa, dan Muhammad Ibn Ishaq berkata bahawa 'Amr Ibn `Amir adalah seorang paderi. Ada pula yang berkata bahawa isterinya ialah Tarifah Bint Al-Khair Al-Himyariyah dan bahawa dia seorang peramal wanita. Dia telah meramalkan kehancuran negeri mereka seolah-olah mereka melihat tanda pada tikus atau tikus kecil itu, maka mereka pun melakukan apa yang mereka lakukan, dan Allah lebih mengetahui! Keseluruhan kisahnya telah disebut dalam Tafsir melalui riwayat `Ikriamh selepas 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.

Namun, tidak semua penduduk Saba' berpindah dari Yaman setelah runtuhnya empangan itu; sebahagian besar daripada mereka tetap tinggal di sana. Hanya penduduk Bendungan (Ma'rab) yang pergi dan bertebaran di muka bumi. Hal ini dinyatakan dalam hadis yang disebutkan terdahulu, yang diriwayatkan oleh `Abdullah Ibn `Abbas, bahawa majoriti penduduk Yaman tidak berpindah dari Yaman. Hanya empat suku yang keluar dan enam suku tetap tinggal. Mereka terus hidup di sana, dan pemerintahan dipegang oleh mereka serta bangsa Tababi`ah, sehinggalah mereka dirampas kuasa memerintah sendiri - selama kira-kira tujuh puluh tahun - oleh tentera yang dihantar oleh Negus di bawah pimpinan Abraha dan Aryat. Kemudian, kuasa itu dirampas semula oleh Saif Ibn Dhi Yazan Al-Himyari tidak lama sebelum kelahiran Nabi Muhammad ﷺ. Kemudian, Rasulullah ﷺ (semoga Allah memberi rahmat dan sejahtera ke atasnya)

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)

Baginda ﷺ mengutus `Ali bin Abu Talib dan Khalid bin Al-Walid ke Yaman, kemudian Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari dan Mu`adh bin Jabal, untuk mengajak penduduk memeluk Islam. Kemudian, Al-Aswad Al-`Ansi menguasai Yaman dan menghalau wakil-wakil Rasulullah ﷺ. Pada zaman Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, Al-Aswad Al-`Ansi terbunuh dan kaum Muslimin berada di atas angin di 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.