BIOGRAPHY OF THE PROPHET ﷺ.....

PART:-•••• 10...

Then in 523 AD, another serious incident occurred, namely, the Jewish king of Yemen, Dhunwas, launched a fierce attack on the Christians of Najran and tried to force them to abandon their Christian faith. When they refused, Dhunwas dug trenches and threw them into a blazing fire.

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The Holy Quran refers to this shocking incident in the verses of Surah Buruj, “The killing of the companions of the Ukhdud” etc. The result of this incident was that the Christians, who were already eager for the conquests and expansionism of the Arab countries under the leadership of the Roman kings, took revenge and encouraged the Abyssinians to attack Yemen and provided them with a fleet. The Abyssinians, having gained the favor of the Romans, recaptured Yemen in 525 AD with an army of seventy thousand under the leadership of Ariat. After the occupation, Ariat initially ruled Yemen as the governor of the King of Abyssinia, but then Abraha, a subordinate commander of the army, killed him and seized power himself, and also convinced the King of Abyssinia to accept his rule.

This is the same Abraha who later tried to demolish the Kaaba and brought a Jarrar army and some elephants with him to slaughter the army, due to which this army became known as the Friends of the Elephant.

Meanwhile, taking advantage of the destruction of the Abyssinians in the incident of the Elephant, the people of Yemen sought help from the Persian government and raised a flag of rebellion against the Abyssinians, and expelled the Abyssinians from the country under the leadership of Ma'd Yakarb, the son of Saif dhi Yazan Himyari, and elected Ma'd Yakarb as their king as an independent and sovereign nation. This was the incident of 575.

After his liberation, Ma'd-i-Yakarb retained some Abyssinians to serve him and adorn his royal court, but this ambition proved costly. One day, these Abyssinians assassinated Ma'd-i-Yakarb by deceit, extinguishing the lamp of rule from the family of Dhi Yazan forever. Meanwhile, Kisra, taking advantage of this situation, appointed a Persian-born governor over Sana'a and made Yemen a province of Persia. After this, Persian governors were appointed over Yemen one after another until the last governor, Ba'd-i-Yakarb, embraced Islam in 628 AD, and with that, Yemen became independent from Persian rule and came under the rule of Islam.

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