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O my Muslim brothers, give me refuge.

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The agreement between us has been concluded before the arrival of this one.

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O my Muslim brothers, am I to be returned to the idolaters and their persecution?

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Abu Jandal,

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God's messenger tells you that we have made a peace agreement with these people

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and exchanged pledges with them. We do not violate our pledges.

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He, however, gives you happy news, saying to you:

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Persevere in this adversity, Abu Jandal, as something you offer to God.

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God will facilitate a way out for you and those vulnerable people with you.

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Such is my brother, Abu Jandal. He always comes when it is too late.

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We shall not need it again.

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If anyone from Quraysh joins Muhammad without permission from his guardian,

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he shall be returned to Quraysh.

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If anyone who is with Muhammad joins Quraysh,

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they are not required to return him.

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Do you really think that you have taken for Quraysh

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more than you gave God's messenger?

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Haven't you heard what I said?

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Tell me how many Muslims have deserted their religion

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and came back to you ever since God sent you His messenger?

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And how many people from Quraysh accepted Islam since then?

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You fear that people will desert you. Hence, you insisted on this condition.

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God's messenger, on the other hand, does not have the same fear.

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Hence, he accepted it.

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By God, this condition represents an admission by you

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of the hollowness of your falsehood.

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It also shows God's messenger's confidence in the truth he preaches.

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At least his companions will not increase with people from among us.

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If people will not immigrate to join God's messenger as a result of this condition,

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they will not stop accepting Islam.

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Within a short time, they will outnumber you here in your city.

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It will not be long before the Muslims are pushing you from inside and outside,

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and you will feel that Makkah is too tight for you.

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I will wait and you wait, Suhail Ibn Amr.

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How come, men? Don't you see that we have unchained you?

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Have you got used to being in chains?

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Can we go out?

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We haven't set you free to stop you going out.

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Can we immigrate to join God's messenger?

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If you want to take the trouble to go all the way to Yathrib

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and come back to Makkah in clear disappointment and frustration.

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Abu Baseer! Have you fled from Makkah?

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Umar, take me to God's messenger. By God, I will never return to the idolaters

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to let them try to force me to renounce my faith.

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But you know that our treaty with them requires us to return to them anyone

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who comes to us without his guardian's permission.

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Take me to God's messenger.

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These two men have come demanding your return, according to the treaty

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between us and Quraysh.

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This man has left without permission by his guardian.

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The treaty must be honoured.

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How am I to be returned to the idolaters who will try to force me to renounce my faith?

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Abu Baseer, you have heard what God's messenger said to you.

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We have concluded a treaty with these people.

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In our faith, we cannot deliberately break a promise.

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God will soon provide a way of release for you and other persecuted people.

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Messenger of God, you have fulfilled your promise,

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and God has honoured your pledges.

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You have handed me over to those people, but I sought to protect myself

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from persecution and to let no one try to turn me away from my faith.

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You are not at war with Quraysh, but I and those like me

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have no treaty or peace agreement with Quraysh.

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I am going to the coast

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where Quraysh will see of me what will bring them displeasure.

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It is time that the weak should inherit the tyrants.

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Let us go.

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At last!

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At long last!

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Farewell, Makkah, until we see you again, praising God with His messenger.

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- Peace be upon you. - Peace be upon you

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- Some men are coming! - I wonder what they want.

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- Peace be upon you - Peace be upon you

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Don't be scared. We shall not harm you.

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Our war is with Quraysh.

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This caravan is mere war gain.

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It is also compensation for our property and houses

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which Quraysh had taken unfairly.

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Here are camels to take you to Makkah.

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Let us not see you again in a caravan of Quraysh.

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Your son, Abu Yazeed. Your son as well?

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Why do you single out my son? He is only one man.

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Yes, but he is Suhail Ibn Amr's son.

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And Al-Waleed Ibn Al-Waleed is Khalid's brother.

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And Ayyash Ibn Abi Rabee'ah

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and Salamah Ibn Hisham are Ikrimah's uncles.

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- What bad uncles! - You shouldn't have set them free.

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We thought that the condition we stipulated against Muhammad

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will prevent them from leaving.

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That condition!

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We thought it was in our favour.

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We said: Abu Yazeed has done us proud stipulating against Muhammad

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what no one else could take from him.

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Now that condition is working against us.

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If the situation remains as it is now, our trade will be ruined.

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And we have nothing against Muhammad.

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He will say: I have honoured my promises, but these people are not under me.

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Why are we blaming ourselves? Let us find a solution.

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Let us send a force to subdue them.

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Will you fight ghosts? Where will you find them?

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They have become like our outcasts.

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You cannot find them when you seek them,

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but if you leave them alone they will appear at the time and place they choose.

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Abu Yazeed, you put us in this position when you dictated this condition.

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Extricate us from it now. Find a solution.

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Do you really think that you have taken for Quraysh

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more than you gave God's messenger?

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I will wait and you wait, Suhail Ibn Amr.

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At last my son, Abu Jandal, has shown us true determination,

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proving that he is his father's son.

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Are you laughing when the situation should have made you cry?

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Al-Waleed! Al-Waleed, my brother!

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I never thought that such determination was in him.

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Yes, indeed. I denounce what he is doing, yet I am proud of him.

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How can the two be combined?

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Yes they do. They do.

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Muhammad, Quraysh have sent us to speak to you about Abu Baseer and his band.

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They have caused us much trouble and intercepted our caravans.

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At Al-Hudaibiyah, Quraysh agreed with you

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that you will return whoever comes to you without his guardian's permission.

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Quraysh are now willing to remove this condition.

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They appeal to you by the ties of kinship to take this band under your wing,

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and to include them in your community. We do not need them.

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- Peace be upon you. - Peace be upon you.

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- Welcome. - Welcome.

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God's messenger sends you his greetings and invites you to come to Madinah

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where you will be with him.

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Quraysh have relented on the condition they stipulated.

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They appealed to him by God and the ties of kinship to take you all.

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- God is supreme - God is supreme.

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Where is Abu Baseer?

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He has been like this for several days.

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Wouldn't you join me on this camel?

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I am all right, don't worry.

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Haven't I told you to join me on my camel? You cannot walk any longer.

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It is nothing other than a bleeding finger.

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Whatever we may encounter is for God's sake.

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Take my camel.

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Catch up with me if you can.

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At last Abu Jandal... my brother, Abu Jandal.

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My brother who is always in the lead.

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What do you say now, Umar?

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I seek God's forgiveness. I seek God's forgiveness.

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God and His messenger know better. God and His messenger know better.

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You were certainly wiser than me when you told me

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to stick to whatever God's messenger decides.

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Aided with what God reveals to him, He sees what we cannot see.

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Anger took the better of me when I objected to what God's messenger did.

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Woe to Umar! How can he erase his sin?

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Take it easy. You did not object to God's messenger's action.

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Your anger was for the sake of God and His messenger,

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even though you were mistaken.

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God's messenger was not angry with you for expressing your view.

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He knew what your feelings were.

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After all, actions are judged against the intention behind them.

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Our affairs are determined by consultation as God and His messenger have ordered.

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When he decides something, we know that it is by God's order and we must obey him.

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You did obey, Umar.

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You are certainly 'Al-Siddique', the true believer.

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You are 'Al-Farooq', the criterion of distinction.

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I am giving orders for mounts and boats to be prepared for them,

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together with all that they need to have on their way back.

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We will be sorry, for their departure as they have been with us for some time.

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May God reward you, Sire.

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You have done all that the Prophet thought you would do.

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I take my leave now.

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Good morning, your majesty.

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Sit down, Amr.

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This man who has just left, your majesty.

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What about him?

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- He is one of Muhammad's companions. - Yes,

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the Prophet has sent him concerning his companions who are still with us:

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Jaafar and his friends.

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Are they going back to him?

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This man, Muhammad's envoy, Amr Ibn Umayyah Al-Damri.

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This man has killed some of our best leaders and noblemen

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in the battles that took place between us.

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My people have blamed me for coming to you. If...

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If you give him to me and I kill him in revenge of those he killed of our people,

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this could be my apology to my people.

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I beg your pardon, Sire.

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By God, if I knew that this would upset you, I would not have said it.

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You ask me to give you the envoy of a messenger

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who receives the Archangel who used to come to Moses, so that you would kill him?

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Have you lost your mind?

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Is that so, your majesty?

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Well, Amr. Take my advice and follow him. By God, he is a Prophet,

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and he will overcome all who are opposed to him,

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just like Moses overcame Pharaoh and his hosts.

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Will you accept my pledge as a Muslim on his behalf?

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In the name of God, the Lord of Grace, the Ever-Merciful.

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From Muhammad, God's Messenger, to Khusrau, the leader of Persia.

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Peace be to him who follows right guidance, believes in God and His Messenger,

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and declares that there is no deity other than God,

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and that I am His Messenger to all mankind...

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I am sent with the task of warning all those who are alive.

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I call on you to accept Islam.

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If you refuse, you shall bear the responsibility for the Magians.

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In the name of God, the Lord of Grace, the Ever-Merciful.

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From Muhammad, God's messenger, to the Negus, the king of Abyssinia.

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Peace be with you. I praise God, the only God,

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the King, the Praised One, the Peace, the One who controls everything.

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I bear witness that Jesus, son of Mary, was God's spirit and His word

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given to Mary, the virgin, the chaste. She thus conceived Jesus,

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whom God created of His own spirit, as He created Adam with His own hand.

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I call on you to believe in God alone, and to associate no other deity with Him,

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and to continue to obey Him, and to follow me

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and to believe in what has been revealed to me.

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I am God's Messenger

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and I call on you and on your subjects and soldiers to believe in God, the Almighty,

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I have thus conveyed my message and given good counsel.

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It is better for you to accept my good counsel. Peace to all.

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Who is your chief?

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Come with me, together with some of your friends.

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Where to? We have done nothing wrong.

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Ask no questions, but do as I tell you.

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- What about my goods here? - Leave them to be looked after

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by those who remain of your friends until you come back. Come along now.

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In the name of God, the Lord of Grace, the Ever-Merciful.

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From Muhammad, the messenger of God to Al-Muqawqis, the leader of Egypt.

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Peace be to you. I wish to convey to you the message of Islam.

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This man among you who claims to be a prophet,

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who of you is the closest relation to?

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I am.

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Come forward.

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Let your friends stand behind you.

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I am going to enquire about this man.

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If your friend here tells me a lie, point out that he is lying.

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What sort of lineage has he?

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He is of distinguished lineage among us.

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Has anyone of you ever made such a claim before?

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No.

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- Was any of his ancestors a king? - No.

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Who follows him: your leaders or the weaker elements?

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The majority are the weaker elements.

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Are they increasing or decreasing?

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They are on the increase.

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Does any of them turn away from his faith after accepting it?

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No.

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Did you ever accuse him of lying before he made this claim?

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- No. - Does he resort to treachery?

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No. But we now have a truce with him and we do not know how he will honour it.

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Did you fight him?

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- Yes. - How did the fight between you go?

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Our war with him is even. Sometimes he wins; sometimes we win.

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What does he advocate?

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He says:

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worship God alone and associate no partners with him.

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He tells us to abandon what our forefathers believed.

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He commands us to pray, pay zakat...

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You have mentioned that he is of distinguished ancestry,

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and this is the case with all prophets.

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Since you say that no one else has made similar claims,

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it cannot be said that he is imitating anyone.

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You also denied that any of his forefathers was a king.

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This means that he is not a claimant of a kingdom.

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You said that he was not known to tell a lie before he made his claim.

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Well, I know that he would not start by lying to God.

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The majority of his followers are the weaker elements.

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This is the case with all God's messengers. His followers are on the increase.

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Such is the case with true faith, until it is completed.

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No one turns away from his religion after having embraced it.

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This is a characteristic of faith when its light shines in people's hearts.

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He is not treacherous; so are all God's messengers.

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You also answered me that he calls on you to believe in God's oneness,

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refrain from worshipping idols.

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If what you have told me is true,

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then he will have the supremacy right here where I stand.

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Here is a letter from him. Read it aloud for these people.

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In the name of God, the Lord of Grace, the Ever-Merciful.

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From Muhammad, God's messenger to Heraclius, the Byzantine ruler.

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Peace be to those who follow right guidance.

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I call on you to believe in Islam.

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Adopt Islam and you will be safe, and God will give you a double reward.

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If you decline, you shall bear responsibility for the Arians.

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He sends envoys to kings and rulers of the earth,

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when we have not finished our business with him and he has not finished with us.

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He deludes himself.

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Why wonder? He used to tell his companions that they would be taking over

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the kingdoms of Persia, Byzantium, Egypt and Yemen

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when they were still a few men who were persecuted by our people.

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Our fathers used to ridicule him and them.

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And rightly so... and suppose all Arabs embrace his faith,

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although I do not think they will do,

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what are they compared to those kings and their lands and armies.

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Are you belittling your people?

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If the Arabs were to unite, they would become a nation like these.

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We are better able to withstand hardship and the burden of war.

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How can you compare our wars with those of the Persians and the Byzantines?

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An Arab war is a raid, while these nations have great armies

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that are well trained to fight their equals.

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They have divisions, plans, systems, organization and equipment

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the like of which is unavailable to us. We saw some of it in our travels to Syria.

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If the man is a Prophet, then his fortunes will grow until his faith reaches those countries.

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If he were a Prophet, it would have been enough for him to pray to his God

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to destroy his enemies, sparing him what he had suffered from them so far.

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If he were to say such a prayer and his God answered it,

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this means that the Arabs would be destroyed without adopting Islam.

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Would he then be able to say that his religion has triumphed

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and people have accepted it?

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Or would he be able to tell his companions that God will give them

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the kingdoms of Persia, Byzantium, Egypt and the rest?

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You sound as though you are defending him.

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I am only looking at things in their proper perspective.

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Suppose he resorted to prayer rather than adopt the necessary means,

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what will his companions do after his death? Will they fight?

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You say that war against the Persians and the Byzantines

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is different from inter-Arab warfare. Ask me about war.

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Look at what he has done since he settled in Yathrib.

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