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Fatimah

Fatimah, also called Hazrat Fatima and al-Zahra, was one of Muhammad and Khadija’s children. Fatimah was the only child of Muhammad to have children that survived to adulthood. As such, she is the mother of the Sayyids, the descendants of Muhammad who are spread throughout the Muslim world.

Fatimah accepted Islam at the age of five and was one of the first Muslims. She was extremely protective of her father and defended him from non-Muslims who persecuted him. After Khadija died, Fatimah also tended to her father’s wounds when he was injured by those persecuting the early Muslims. Fatimah’s faith is admired, and she is said to have been a personification of high virtue and purity. Her worship resembled how Mary, the mother of Jesus, was believed to have worshipped. Mary, called Maryam in the Quran, is an important figure in Islam and is often regarded as a prophet in her own right.

While all Muslims respect and love Fatimah, she is especially important to Shiites. Shia Muslims believe that Fatimah was the only child of Muhammad and Khadijah to live to adulthood, not just the only one to have children who lived to adulthood. Fatimah was also the wife of ‘Ali, the man Shiites regard as Muhammad’s true successor and the first Imam. Fatimah and ‘Ali’s children, Hasan and Husayn, became the second and third Imams respectively. Imams are the spiritual leaders of Shiites and regarded as the rightful successors of Muhammad.

Historical figure in the Abrahamic religions

For other uses, see Queen of Sheba (disambiguation).

The Queen of Sheba, known as Bilqis in Yemeni and Islamic tradition and as Makeda in Ethiopian tradition, is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for the Israelite KingSolomon. This account has undergone extensive Jewish, Islamic, Yemenite and Ethiopian elaborations, and it has become the subject of one of the most widespread and fertile cycles of legends in Asia and Africa.

Modern historians and archaeologists identify Sheba as the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Saba that existed in modern-day Yemen, although no trace of the queen herself has been found. The Queen's existence is disputed among some historians.

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Biblical

The Queen of Sheba (Hebrew: מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא, romanized: Malkaṯ Šəḇāʾ, in the Hebrew Bible; Koinē Greek: βασίλισσα Σαβά, romanized: basílissa Sabá, in the Septuagint;Syriac: ܡܠܟܬ ܫܒܐ;Ge'ez: ንግሥተ ሳባ, romanized: Nəgśətä Saba), whose name is not stated, came to Jerusalem "with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones" (1 Kings 10:2). "Never again came such an abundance of spices" (10:10; 2 Chronicles 9:1–9) as those she gave to Solomon. She came "to prove him with hard questions", which Solomon answered to her satisfaction. They exchanged gifts, after which she returned to her land.

The use of the term ḥiddot or 'riddles' (1 Kings 10:1), an Aramaicloanword whose shape points to a sound shift no earlier than the sixth century BC, indicates a late origin for the text. Since there is no mention of the Fall of Babylon in 539

Country in West Asia

This article is about the country in West Asia. For other uses, see Yemen (disambiguation).