How the Hoopoe came before Suleiman and told Him about Saba' Allah says:فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍBut (the hoopoe) stayed not long,meaning, he was absent for only a short time.فَقَالَhe said:Then he came and said to Suleiman:أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِI have grasped which you have not grasped,meaning, `I have come to know something that you and your troops do not know.'وَجِيْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍ بِنَبَإٍ يَقِينٍand I have come to you from Saba' with true news.meaning, with true and certain news.Saba' (Sheba) refers to Himyar, they were a dynasty in Yemen.Then the hoopoe said