God Arises
The Challenge of The Qur’an
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Prophet had a highly significant revelation made to
him:
The Greeks have been defeated in the
neighbouring land. But after their defeat they
shall themselves gain victory within a few
years. God is in command before and after.
On that day the believers will rejoice in God’s
help. He gives victory to whom He will. He is
the Mighty one, the merciful. That is God’s
promise. He will never be untrue. Yet most
men do not know it.
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At the time this prediction was made, no series of
events could have been more inconceivable for,
according to Gibbon, ‘the first twelve years of
Heraclius were proclaiming the dissolution of the
empire.
Clearly, this prediction had come from a Being both
omniscient and omnipotent. No sooner had the
Prophet received God’s message, than pronounced
changes in Heraclius began to become evident.
Writes Gibbon, ‘Of the characters conspicuous in
history, that of Heraclius is one of the most
extraordinary and inconsistent. In the first and last
