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The Invitation
The peace which the Treaty of Hudaybiyah guaranteed for ten
years meant people could travel from all over Arabia to visit
the Prophet (pbuh) and a great many came to declare their
Islam. Also, during this period the Prophet (pbuh) decided that
the time had come for his message to be taken to other
countries, so he sent trusted companions with letters, telling of
his message, to the leaders of the most powerful nations of
the day. It is recorded that he said, Allah has sent me as a
mercy to all men, so take the message from me that Allah has
mercy on you.’ It is also recorded that some time before, when
the Prophet (pbuh) was digging before the Battle of the
Trench, three flashes of lightning had blared forth from a rock
he had been striving to remove. These flashes had shown him
the fortresses of the civilizations to the South, East, and West
which were soon to come into Islam.
Now at the time the Prophet (pbuh) sent out his message.
Abu Sufyan and some other members of Quraysh were trading
in Syria, a province of the Eastern Roman Empire (later to be
called Byzantium). Also, at about this time the Emperor
Heraclius, ruler of this Empire, had a dream, and sadly told
visitors to his court in Syria: ‘I saw our Empire fall and victory
go to a people who do not follow our religion.' At first he
thought this must refer to the Jews and he even had it in mind
to kill all the Jews living under his rule fit then an envoy from
the governor of Basra arrived with a message for the Emperor:
0 Emperor Heraclius. there are some Arabs in the city who are
speaking of wonderful happenings in their country', and he
then told of what he had heard about the Prophet (pbuh).
On hearing this Heraclius commanded his soldiers: Go and
find me someone who can tell me more about this.' The
soldiers, however, did not find those who had been talking
about the Prophet (pbuh), but instead found Abu Sufyan and
some of his companions and brought them before the
Emperor.