51. THE STORY OF RABEE‘AH IBN NASR IBN ABI HARITHAH IBN ‘AMR IBN ‘AMIR
Muhammad Ibn Ishaq said, “Rabee‘ah Ibn Nasr was the king of Yemen, one among many of the Tabab’ah. He saw a vision which terrified and shocked him and he gathered every soothsayer, magician, ‘a’if and astrologer from among his people and said to them, “I have seen a vision that terrified me and shocked me, so inform me about it and explain it to me.” They said, “Relate it to us and we will inform you of its explanation.” He said, “If I inform you of it, I am not sure that you will be able to explain it to me, because none can know its meaning except who knows it (the vision) before I inform him of it.” One of them said, “If the king desires this, then let him send word to Shiqq and Sateeh, because no one is more knowledgeable than they; they will inform about that which he asks.” So he sent word to them and Sateeh came to him before Shiqq and he said to him, “I have seen a vision that terrified me and shocked me; inform me about it and if you get it right, you will be able to correctly explain it.” He said, “I will do so. You saw something that had been burned in the fire emerging from blackness and it arrived in Tahamah and there it ate every living creature.” The king said to him, “You have not erred in any detail of it, O, Sateeh! Now what is your explanation of it?” He said, “I swear by that which is between the two lava fields of Hanash, your land will be brought down by the Abyssinians and they will certainly rule that which lies between Abyan and Jurash.” The king said to him, “O, Sateeh! Verily, this is distressing and painful to us. When will it happen? Will it be in my time, or after it?” He said, “Nay! It will be a long time after it – more than sixty or seventy years.” He asked, “Will their rule continue, or will it be terminated?” He said, “Nay! It will be terminated after seventy-odd years, and then they will be killed and expelled from it and put to flight.” The king said, “And who will come after their killing and expulsion?” He replied, “They will be followed by Iram Dhee Yazan. He will attack them from Adan and he will not leave a single one of them in Yemen.” The king asked, “Will his rule continue, or will it be terminated?” He said, “Nay! It will be terminated.” The king said, “And who will terminate it?” Sateeh said, “A pure Prophet, who will receive Revelation from the Supreme (Allah).” The king asked, “And from whom is this Prophet?” He replied, “A man from the sons of Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn An-Nadr. The kingdom will remain in the hands of his people until the end of time.” The king asked, “Does time have an end, then?” Sateeh said, “Yes, a Day on which the first and the last generations will be gathered; on that Day, those who used to do good deeds will be happy, while those who did evil will be wretched.” The king asked, “Is it true, what you have told me?” He said, “Yes, by the afterglow of sunset, by the twilight, by the daybreak in its fullness, verily, that which I impart to you is the truth.”
By Ibn Katheer
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