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al-Ukhdud

الأخدود

The dug trench of the People of the Ditch named in the Qur'an; al-Umari places it at Najran in Yemen 1.

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al-Ukhdud: the trench dug for the People of the Trench mentioned in the Holy Qur'an. According to Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari, it is in Najran in Yemen. 2

It is connected with the massacre of Najran, being the site of the trench. 2

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The Massacre of Najran (Ashab al-Ukhdud)· Najran

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The Christians of Najran· The Massacre of Najran (Ashab al-Ukhdud)· Najran· Christianity in Arabia before Islam· Umar's Expulsion of the Christians of Najran· The sending of Amr ibn Hazm to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b and the Prophet's written charge to him· Khalid ibn al-Walid's mission to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b, their conversion and their delegation· Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b

Sources

  1. Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p. 232
  2. Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p.232
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The Christians of Najran

The people of Najran who became Christian through the ascetic Faymiyun around the time of the first Abyssinian occupation of Yemen; Dhu Nuwas the Himyarite summoned them to Judaism and, when they refused, dug the trench and burned them in October 523 CE, the dead being said to number between twenty and forty thousand; the People of the Trench of Surat al-Buruj, in al-Raheeq al-Makhtum's account.