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The Life of Muhammad
Umavva b. Abu al-$alt the Thaqafite-the name of Thaqif is Qasiy b.
rvIunabbih b. Bakr b. Hawazin b. lVlan$ur b. 'Ikrima b. Khasafa b. Qays b.
'Aylan b. l\1u9ar b. Nizar b. ?vIa'add b. 'Adnan-recited:
From Saba' who dwelt in ~Iarib when
They built dams against its torrent.
This verse occurs in a poem of his, but it is also attributed to al-Nabigah
al-]a'd"i whose name was Qays b. 'Abdullah, one of B. Ja'da b. Ka'b b.
Rabi'a b. 'Amir b. $a'$3'a b. Mu'awiya b. Bakr b. Hawiizin. But this is a
long story which I am compelled to cut short for the reasons I have already
given. I
T 909 (Before that a soothsayer ShiHi' b. Kulayb al-Sadafi: had come to Tubba'
and lived with him and \vhen he wished to bid him farewell Tubba' asked
him whether he had anything of importance to communicate, and in the
customary rhymes of sal' he told him in reply to the question whether any
king would fight with Tubba', 'No, but the king of Ghassan had a son whose
kingdom would be surpassed by a man ofgreat piety, helped by the Almighty,
described in the psalms; his people would be favoured by revelation, he
would dispel darkness by light, Al)mad the prophet. How blessed his people
when he comes, one of the sons of Lu'ayy of B. Qu~ayy!' Tubba' sent for a
copy of the psalms, examined them, and found the description of the prophet.
Ibn Isl)aq gleaned and assembled the following traditions from what
Sa'id b. Jubayr told him from 1. 'Abbas and some learned Yamani tradi~
tionist: A Lakhrnid king was in Yarnan in the territory of the Tubba