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  • Mawlid-Nabi-English, page : 7

remember for the rest of

their lives. It was an attempt

by Abraha As-Sabah Al Habashi, the

Abyssinian, governor of Yemen, to destroy the Sacred Ka’bah with an elephant's might.

As-hamah son of Al-Abjar, the Negus (king) of Abyssinia ruled Yemen and had appointed a governor

named Abraha to govern

in his absence. Abraha decided

he would build a magnificent church in

Sanna with the intent of luring pilgrims from Ka’bah to it.