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　　We have a lot to learn from the history of the people of Saba'. First, let's go through some verses of Quran to know them. Allah Says in the Quran (what means):

　　{There was for [the tribe of] Saba’ in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told]: 'Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you ], and a forgiving Lord.'}

　　{But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees}

　　{[By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?}

　　{And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey, [saying]: 'Travel between them by night or by day in safety.'}

　　{But [insolently] they said: 'Our Lord! Lengthen the distance between our journeys,' and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful}

　　{And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers}

　　{And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.} [Quran 34: 15 - 21]

　　The people of Saba’ were the kings of Yemen and Balqees, the wife of Sulayman was from them. The people of Saba’ lived happy and joyful lives that were full of blessings; their sustenance was abundant and their trees and plants very fruitful. Allah sent messengers to them, instructing them to eat from what He had provided for them and show gratitude towards Him, as well as to worship Him alone and believe in His oneness. They adhered to these instructions for a while, but then shunned His commandments, and were thus punished by a flood on their land.

　　Ibn ‘Abbas narrated that a man came to the Prophet and asked him whether Saba’ was a name of a man, a woman or a land; the Prophet answered: “It is the name of a man who had ten children from his progeny, all of whom were Arab; six of them later lived in Yemen and four in Sham (modern Syria and including some other surrounding nations). The ones in Yemen were later known as the tribes of Mathhij, Kindah, Al-Azd, Al-Asha’iriyyoon, Anmar and Himyar. As for the ones who lived in Sham, they were to be the known tribes of Lakhm, Jutham, ‘Aamilah and Ghassan.”[Ahmad]

　　Imam Ibn Katheer, said: “The meaning of the saying of the Prophet : “…who had ten children from his progeny, all of whom were Arab” is that these ten descended from his offspring, to whom all the Arab tribes originate. It does not mean that they were his direct children, because between him and some of them were two or three generations, and more in some cases. After the flood of the dam hit their area, some remained in their land, while others left to other locations.”

　　The sign that Allah gave to them refers to their land, which was blessed with fields of gardens, as well as being protected from afflictions, all of which necessitated gratitude. These gardens yielded enough fruits to suffice them, so they were overwhelmed by the happiness of being free from need. Allah commanded them to express gratitude for these favours, namely:

　　1. The forgiveness they were promised in return for expressing gratitude towards Allah.

　　Instead of continuing to be thankful, they turned away and shunned the commandments of Allah; they shunned monotheism (Tawheed) and His worship, : [Quran27: 22-24]

　　 [Quran 2: 61]