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They said:
All of these descriptions have been fulfilled in Mecca: the treasures of both seas have been carried to her, the hosts of nations have performed pilgrimage to her, and the flocks of Fārān (Paran)—gifts and sacrificial animals—have been driven toward her. Fārān is the broad wilderness in which Mecca lies. The very earth has seemed too narrow for the endless strings of well-watered camels bearing people and their provisions to her. The people of Sabaʾ—namely, the people of Yemen—have likewise come to her.
قَالُوا:
فَهَذِهِ الصِّفَاتُ كُلُّهَا حَصَلَتْ بِمَكَّةَ، فَحُمِلَتْ إِلَيْهَا ذَخَائِرُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ، وَحَجَّ إِلَيْهَا عَسَاكِرُ الْأُمَمِ، وَسِيقَتْ إِلَيْهَا أَغْنَامُ فَارَانَ - الْهَدَايَا وَالْأَضَاحِيُّ - وَ
(فَارَانُ)
هِيَ الْبَرِّيَّةُ الْوَاسِعَةُ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَكَّةُ، وَضَاقَتِ الْأَرْضُ عَنْ قَطَرَاتِ الْإِبِلِ الْمُوبَلَةِ الْحَامِلَةِ لِلنَّاسِ وَأَزْوَادِهِمْ إِلَيْهَا، وَأَتَاهَا أَهْلُ سَبَأٍ، وَهُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ.