HERACLIUS, EMPEROR OF ROME CONFESSED & SUPPORTED PROPHET MUHAMMAD

HERACLIUS, EMPEROR OF ROME CONFESSED & SUPPORTED PROPHET MUHAMMAD

In the year 610 CE, Heraclius succeeded Phocas as Emperor of Rome. Heraclius' empire flourished and extended as far west as the river Danube in Europe, and included all the countries on the Mediterranean coast. It also included many of the Arab countries surrounding Arabia as well as the Balkans of which Turkey with its famed city Constantinople (named after the Roman Emperor Constantine) was a jewel in the crown of the Roman Empire.

. In 616 CE Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, sent his messenger, Dihyah Al Kalbi, with a letter to Heraclius inviting him to Islam.

Before Dihyah arrived with the invitation from the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, Heraclius had a very clear dream, a vision that he could not dismiss. In the vision he was told that a prophet had appeared among those who were circumcised. Heraclius was pious and aware of Jesus' prophecy that a new prophet would be sent, "And when Jesus, the son of Mary said, 'Children of Israel, I am sent to you by Allah to affirm the Torah that was before me, and to give news of a Messenger (Prophet Muhammad) who will come after me'" (Koran 61:6).

Heraclius asked those close to him if they knew of any who practiced circumcision but they replied the only ones they knew were the Jews. Now that he had received the letter from the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, Heraclius was indeed anxious to read it:
Prophet Muhammad's Letter to Heraclius.

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful.
From: The Messenger of Allah.
To: Heraclius, the greatest of Romans.
"Peace be upon those who follow Divine Guidance. I therefore, invite you to embrace Islam. Surrender to Allah and live in peace. Allah will doubly reward you, but if you turn away, the sin of the 'Arisiyin. (those under Heraclius' domain) will rest upon you."

Then he quoted the Koran:

'Say: People of the Book! (Jews, Nazarenes and Christians). Let us come to a common word between us and you, that we will worship none except Allah, that we will associate none with Him, and that none of us take others for lords beside Allah.' . If they turn away, say, 'Bear witness that we are Muslims.' Koran 3:64.

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