Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 171
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa га claims to be a Prophet?' Abu Sufyan" said, 'I am his near-relative. '. Thus, I was seated right in front of Heraclius, while the rest of the members of the group were seated behind me. Heraclius called an interpreter and told him to tell the people sitting behind me that he ra ra ra will ask Abu Sufyan" about the Arab who has claimed to be a. Prophet. If he tells a lie, you let me know through a gesture that he is telling a lie. Abū Sufyan said, 'By God! If I was not scared that the people, sitting behind me would let Heraclius know that I am telling a lie, I definitely would have told lies. Anyway, Heraclius asked us through his interpreter, 'What is the lineage of your. Messenger?' Abu Sufyan" said that he responded, 'He belongs to a very noble family. ' Then Heraclius said, 'Has there been any king in his forefathers?' I told him, 'No. ' Then he said, 'Did you ever notice him telling a lie before claiming to be a Messenger?' I replied, 'No. '. Then he said, 'Did the rich and the powerful accept his claim or the poor?' I replied, 'The poor and the weak have accepted his claim. '. Then he asked, 'Are his followers increasing or decreasing in number?" I replied, 'They are increasing. ' Then he asked, 'Did anyone renounce his faith after becoming a Muslim, considering it a bad religion?' I replied, 'No. ' Then he asked, 'Did you ever fight a battle with him? I told him,'Yes. ' He asked, 'What was the result of the battle?' I responded, 'Sometimes they had the upper hand and the other times we had the upper hand. Sometimes we were successful while other times they were successful. ' Then he asked, 'Did he ever break an agreement or deal treacherously?' I said, 'Until now he has neither broken an agreement nor has he dealt treacherously. However, we have just entered into a treaty with him, and I don't know how he will behave regarding the treaty. ' Abū. Sufyan said, 'By God! Throughout the conversation, except this last statement, I did not get any chance to say anything against the. Holy Prophet. Then he asked, 'Did anyone else make such a claim before him in his people?' I replied, 'No. ' The king told his interpreter to tell me the following: 'When I asked you about the lineage of the claimant of the Prophethood, you stated that he belongs to a very noble family. Messengers always belong to noble ra sa 171