A king in Yemen burns the believers of Najran in a fiery trench. Surah al-Buruj recalls the People of the Ditch.
Dhu Nuwas
And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,
Quran 85:8
Source: Quran, Ibn Kathir ·
Borders come from the open historical-basemaps project (GPL-3.0) and are approximate. Dates before 1000 BCE are estimates, and for the earliest prophets the Quran gives the order of events but not their years. Sources: the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari, the Seerah of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya, and standard histories. See also the villains of Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal.
