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What the Prophet (saas) Said of the Future

"Great Allah sent many tribulations to Kisra by his son Shireveyh,
who killed him in this month, on this night, at this hour!" 219

He also personally told them:

"Tell him that my religion and my empire will reach far beyond
the kingdom of Kisra; and say to him from me: Enter Islam, and
I will confirm you in what you have, and I will appoint you

king over the people of Yemen." 220

The ambassadors then returned to Yemen and described what had
gone on. Badhan said:

"We will see what happens next. If what he said is true, then he
is the prophet whom Allah has sent." 221

He then turned to his men and asked what they thought of him.
The ambassadors had been greatly impressed by the Prophet (saas), and

said:
"We never saw a ruler more majestic, more fearless and less

guarded than him. He walked humbly amongst the people."

Badhan waited for a while to see whether the Prophet (saas)'s
words about the ruler would come true or not. In that way, he said, he
could be sure that Muhammad (saas) was Allah's messenger. A short
while later, a letter reached Badhan from the ruler's son, Shireveyh: "I

killed Kisra. When this letter reaches you, take the oath of the people in my name.
Regarding what Kisra wrote to you, wait and do nothing until a new command
from me." 222

When Badhan and his men worked it out, they realized that all this
had happened just as the Prophet (saas) had said it would. 223 Badhan
came to believe after that great miracle, and accepted Islam. He was fol-
lowed by the Yemeni Abna. 224 Badhan became the first governor ap-

pointed by the Prophet (saas), and the first Persian governor to be a
Muslim. 225

It is a historically documented fact that in 628 the Prophet (saas)
sent a letter of invitation to the Persian King Kisra, and that he was killed
by his son that same year. 226

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