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LADY SAFIYAH, DAUGHTER OF HUYAY
Safiyah was the daughter of Huyay from the Jewish tribe of Nadir. She was
quite unlike her father and since early childhood she had grown in piety and
become an upright young lady in search of the truth. During her childhood
she had heard stories about the coming of a new Prophet and learned that
the reason why her ancestors had settled in Yathrib, as it was then called,
was because the prophecies foretold he would appear in that vicinity and
each tribe hoped he would be from their own.
10
Safiyah remembered well the days, when, she as a young girl, had heard
from traders returning from Mecca of a man claiming to be a Prophet and
that he denounced idol worship and preached the Oneness of Allah. She
also remembered how it had caused such an upheaval in her community
as the Prophet was an Arab, a descendant of Ishmael rather than a Jew
descended from Isaac.
Safiyah was the daughter of Huyay from the Jewish tribe of Nadir. She was
quite unlike her father and since early childhood she had grown in piety and
become an upright young lady in search of the truth. During her childhood
she had heard stories about the coming of a new Prophet and learned that
the reason why her ancestors had settled in Yathrib, as it was then called,
was because the prophecies foretold he would appear in that vicinity and
each tribe hoped he would be from their own.
10
Safiyah remembered well the days, when, she as a young girl, had heard
from traders returning from Mecca of a man claiming to be a Prophet and
that he denounced idol worship and preached the Oneness of Allah. She
also remembered how it had caused such an upheaval in her community
as the Prophet was an Arab, a descendant of Ishmael rather than a Jew
descended from Isaac.