he presented it to the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.^[1] The beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم praised him and forbade people from speaking ill of him.^[2]

TubbaꜤ Ḥimyarī ruled the entire world. Before he accepted Islam, he decided to travel to different places to see how people were living. So, he set off on a journey with royal splendour. Whenever he and his army entered a city, they were welcomed by its people with honour. The king gathered the scholars of the cities he visited and requested them to join him on his journey. He continued travelling and 100,000 scholars joined him. When he travelled to Makkah, he was not welcomed or honoured like he was in the other cities. The king became enraged and expressed this anger to his minister, and the minister replied, “O king! There is a house in Makkah which the people call Baytullāh (the house of Allah). The people only respect and honour that house.” This only caused the king to become even more angry. He ordered his army to destroy the holy KaꜤbah and kill the people of the city. (مَعَاذَ اللہ)!

As soon as he gave this command, he felt severe pain in his head, and foul-smelling water began to flow out of his eyes, nose and mouth. Nobody could stand next to him for a second. The doctors worked hard to cure him, but they could not stand next to him let alone understand what illness he was afflicted with. Eventually, the doctors said they could only treat earthly diseases and not ailments like this.

The king’s agony continued into the evening and nothing alleviated his suffering. A scholar said to the minister, “I wish to ask the king some questions. If he answers them correctly, I will treat him.” The minister was elated by these words and quickly sent the scholar to the king and left them alone. The scholar asked, “O king! Did you intend to damage