Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 210
CHAPTER 9 Dreams, visions and prophecies of the Truthful Communicator 210 faith that these apparently impossible achievements would be secured one day. Praise be to All a h, during the Khilafat of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra these victories started to take place. Hadrat Kh a lid bin Wal i d ra and Hadrat Ab u ‘Ubaidah ra led the Muslim armies and total victory over Syria was achieved in the time of Hadrat ‘Umar ra. Hadrat Sa‘d bin Ab i Waqqa s ra commanded the Muslim armies which conquered Persia. Thus in the short period of a few years, the two great powers of that time, Roman and Persian, were vanquished by these starving yet determined Muslims. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was shown these visions with such clarity that human understanding fails to accept it. The detailed narration of a vision, by Khuraim bin Aus ra was amazing and its fulfilment even more splendid. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, "The white palaces of Hi rah were brought before me and I saw the Princess Sh i m a ’ daughter of N a f i lah Azdiah, wearing a black veil was riding a red mule". In view of the certainty of the prophecy, Khuraim enquired form the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , "O prophet of God, if we ride victoriously into Hi rah and find the Princess Sh i m a ’as you have described, would the Princess be mine?" The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa replied, "Yes, she would be yours". Besides the victory over Hi rah, this