On the day they shall summon the house of Barbar and Yaksūm—no fugitive Harbuqa will ever prevail.

Thus it proved a day still retold in story, while a nation whose ranks had stood firm was swept away.

The broad plain was traded for a narrow gorge; the days showed treachery, their wonders beyond count.

So it was after the valorous sons of Tubbaʿ had gone, when the ramparts in which they trusted lay at rest.

Ibn Hishām said:
This is what Saṭīḥ meant when he said, “He will be succeeded by Iram Dhū Yazan; he will come upon them from Aden and leave not one of them in Yemen.”

And it is what Shiqq meant by his words, “A youth—neither stout nor frail—will emerge from the house of Dhū Yazan.”

Ibn Isḥāq said:
Wahriz and the Persians remained in Yemen, and from the remnants of that Persian army came the abnāʾ who are in Yemen today. The Abyssinians ruled Yemen from the time Aryāṭ entered it until the Persians killed Masrūq ibn Abraha and expelled the Abyssinians—a span of seventy-two years, during which four kings succeeded one another: Aryāṭ, then Abraha, then Yaksūm son of Abraha, and finally Masrūq son of Abraha.

[What befell the Persians in Yemen]

Ibn Hishām said:
After Wahriz died, Chosroes appointed his son al-Marzbān ibn Wahriz over Yemen. When al-Marzbān died, Chosroes appointed his son at-Taynujān; when he died, Chosroes appointed the son of at-Taynujān, but later removed him and placed Bādhān in charge. It was during Bādhān’s governorship that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was sent.

Ibn Hishām said:
I have been informed, on the authority of az-Zuhri, that Chosroes wrote to Bādhān: “Word has reached me that a man of Quraysh has arisen in Mecca claiming to be a prophet. Travel to him and require him to recant; if he does so, spare him. If not, send me his head.” So Bādhān dispatched a letter