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The Prophet Muhammad (saas)

In his book The Venture of Islam, the American researcher M. G. S.
Hodgson describes the Muslim capture of territories belonging to

Byzantium and the Persian Empire:

"Muhammad, an Arab of Mecca, sets up a religiously organized
society in Medina, and expands it over much of the Arabian
peninsula to march with and even locally replace Sasanian and
Roman power." 215

In this way, these important conquests, that seemed to be totally
impossible at the time of the Prophet (saas) both politically and econom-

ically, actually happened, as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (saas)
by Allah.

Great Allah sent many tribulations to Kisra by his
son Shireveyh, who killed him in this month, on
this night at this hour! 216

In the near future, my religion and its sovereignty

will reach Kisra's throne. 217

The Prophet (saas) decided to invite the rulers to turn to Islam, and
sent one of his companions, Abdullah bin Hudhaafah, to the Kisra, the
Persian King, as an ambassador. The Persian Kisra, swollen with pride,

rejected the Prophet (saas)'s offer. He even sent two ambassadors of his
own to the Prophet (saas), telling the Muslims to submit to him. The
Prophet (saas) first invited these two ambassadors to accept Islam. Then
he called them into his presence the next day to learn their decision. 218

The next day, the Prophet (saas) told the two ambassadors what
Allah had revealed to him:

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