The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 202
Seal of the Prophets - Volume III 202 ٰ بِسْم ِ اللّٰه ِ الرَّحْمٰن ِ الرَّحِیْمِ. مِن ْ مُحَمَّد ٍ رَسُوْل ِ اللّٰه ِ اِلی ٰ كِسْرٰی عَظِیْم ِ فَارِسَ. سَلَام ٌ عَلی َّ مَن ِ اتَّبَع َ الْھُدٰی وَاٰمَن َ بِاللّٰه ِ وَرَسُوْلِه ٖ وَشَھِد َ اَن ْ لَا اِلٰه َ اِلَّا اللّٰه ُ وَحْدَه ٗ لَا شَرِیْك َ لَه ٗ وَاَن ْ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُه ٗ وَرَسُوْلُهٗ. اَدْعُوْك َ بِدِعَایَة ِ اللّٰه ِ عَز َّ وَجَل َّ فَاِنِّی ْ رَسُوْل ُ اللّٰه ِ اِلَی النَّاس ِ كُلِّھِم ُ نْذِر َ مَن ْ كَان َ حَیًّا وَیَحِق َّ الْقَوْل ُ عَلَی الْكَافِرِیْنَ. اَسْلِم ْ تَسْلَمْ. فَاِن ْ تَوَلَّیْت َ فَعَلَیْك َ اِثْم ُ لِا ِ الْمَجُوْس “I write this letter in the name of Allāh, the Gracious, who grants the best reward of our deeds. This letter is from Muḥammad, the Messenger of Allāh addressed to the Ruler of Persia. Peace be on him who accepts the guidance and believes in Allāh and His Messenger and bears witness that there is none worthy of worship except God, He has no partner; And also bears witness that Muḥammad sa is His Servant and Messenger. O Ruler of Persia! I invite you to the call of Allāh, as I am the messenger of Allāh to the whole of mankind; so that I may warn every living person and so that the judgement of God may overtake the disbelievers. O Ruler of Persia! Accept Islām, for this is the only way to your salvation. However, if you turn away, then remember that (in addition to your own sin) the sin of your Zoroastrian people shall also be on your shoulders. ” 1 ‘Abdullāh bin Ḥudhāfah says that when I reached the royal court of Chosroes with this letter, and after seeking permission, presented it before Chosroes, he handed it over to his translator so that he may read it out. When the translator read the letter, Chosroes became enraged at its contents. He snatched the letter from the hands of his translator and tore it to pieces saying, 1 * Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 2, p. 34, Kitābun-Nabiyyi sa Ilā Kisrā, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 5, pp. 14-15, Wa Ammā Mukātabatuhū ‘Alaihiṣ-Ṣalātu Was-Salāmu Ilal-Mulūki Wa Ghairihim, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)