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Surah 034 · Makkah

Sabaʾ

سبأ

"Sheba"

Number
34 of 114
Verses
54
Revealed
Makkah

A prosperous kingdom that forgot, and the dam that broke.

In the classical library

3 passages reference this surah

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Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
  1. "was accompanied by the song of doves and blackbirds. How wonderful, the water's shields are woven by the fingers of the wind, although they are deceitful. He had many other poems about it. Abu al-Wash Saba ibn Khalq al-Asadi said about it."

Book 24: Evils of the Tongue
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "In Muslim, from the narration of Abu Musa, an additional man asked, Who is my father? The Prophet replied, Your father is Salim, the freed slave of Sheba. The hadith prohibiting idle talk, wastefulness, and excessive questioning"

The Prophets of Bani Israil
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
  1. "Ibn Abi Rabba and al-Hassan al-Basri. During the period of cessation, nine significant events occurred. Nabuqadnezzar, the paradise created by intolerance, the paradise of Saba, the companions"

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