As he rode away he turned around to look back and said
‘Goodbye for the last time, O land of Syria!’ Meanwhile
another of the Prophet’s messengers arrived at the palace o
Chosroes, the Shah (or king) of Persia, where he was told by
the royal guard: ‘When you see the Shah, you must bow and
not lift your head until he speaks to you.’ To this the Prophet’s
messenger replied, `I will never do that. I bow only to Allah.
‘Then the Shah will not accept the letter you bring’, they said
And when the time came for the messenger to see him, the
Shah was indeed very surprised to see the man holding hi
head high and refusing to kneel respectfully before him like
everyone else. Nonetheless, the Shah still read out the letter:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Most Merciful
“From Muhammad, Messenger of Allah to Chosroes, Shah o
Persia. Peace be upon those who follow the truth, who believe
in Allah and His Prophet and who testify that there is no
divinity but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger. I ask
you in the Name of Allah, because I am His Messenger, to
warn your people that if they do not accept His Message, they
must live with the consequences. Become Muslim and you wil
be safe. If you refuse to tell them you will be to blame for the
ignorance of your subjects”.
The Shah was furious when he read this and tore the lette
into little pieces. When the messenger returned to Arabia and
told the Prophet (pbuh) what Chosroes had done, the Prophe
(pbuh) said, 'May Allah also tear his kingdom into little pieces.
And several years later it happened just as the Prophet (pbuh
had said it would. As with Syria and Persia, a messenger was
also sent to the Negus (or King) of Abyssinia, with the
following letter:
“Peace. Praise be to Allah, the King, the All-Holy, the
Peacemaker, the Keeper of Faith, the Watcher. “He is Allah
there is no divinity but He, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One
the All-peaceable, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the
Majestic, the Compeller, the All-sublime. Glorified be Allah
from all that they associate with Him”.(Koran lix.23)
‘Goodbye for the last time, O land of Syria!’ Meanwhile
another of the Prophet’s messengers arrived at the palace o
Chosroes, the Shah (or king) of Persia, where he was told by
the royal guard: ‘When you see the Shah, you must bow and
not lift your head until he speaks to you.’ To this the Prophet’s
messenger replied, `I will never do that. I bow only to Allah.
‘Then the Shah will not accept the letter you bring’, they said
And when the time came for the messenger to see him, the
Shah was indeed very surprised to see the man holding hi
head high and refusing to kneel respectfully before him like
everyone else. Nonetheless, the Shah still read out the letter:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Most Merciful
“From Muhammad, Messenger of Allah to Chosroes, Shah o
Persia. Peace be upon those who follow the truth, who believe
in Allah and His Prophet and who testify that there is no
divinity but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger. I ask
you in the Name of Allah, because I am His Messenger, to
warn your people that if they do not accept His Message, they
must live with the consequences. Become Muslim and you wil
be safe. If you refuse to tell them you will be to blame for the
ignorance of your subjects”.
The Shah was furious when he read this and tore the lette
into little pieces. When the messenger returned to Arabia and
told the Prophet (pbuh) what Chosroes had done, the Prophe
(pbuh) said, 'May Allah also tear his kingdom into little pieces.
And several years later it happened just as the Prophet (pbuh
had said it would. As with Syria and Persia, a messenger was
also sent to the Negus (or King) of Abyssinia, with the
following letter:
“Peace. Praise be to Allah, the King, the All-Holy, the
Peacemaker, the Keeper of Faith, the Watcher. “He is Allah
there is no divinity but He, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One
the All-peaceable, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the
Majestic, the Compeller, the All-sublime. Glorified be Allah
from all that they associate with Him”.(Koran lix.23)