Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
7. The Revolution of the Prophet
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last two and a half thousand years. If he had
become involved in irrelevant side issues, all the
opportunities, which had been created, could have
been ruined.
The Arab border territory of Yemen had come
under Ethiopian rule in A.D. 525, and Abrahah was
appointed governor. This audacious individual
launched an attack on the Holy Ka ‘bah, aiming to
demolish it and put an end to the central position it
enjoyed by virtue of its being a place of pilgrimage.
The year of his attack on the Ka’bah, with an army
of elephants, was also the year of the Prophet’s birth
(A.D. 571): it was also the year of the Sassanians’
attack on Yemen and its assimilation into the
Persian Empire. Bazan became the new governor.
When the Prophet Muhammad commenced his
mission, the Persian emperor heard about him, and
issued Bazan with instructions to order the new
prophet to desist from his claims; “Otherwise,” the
emperor said, “bring me his head.”
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This shows how great the problems posed by
foreign domination on the borders of Arabia had
become at the time the Prophet Muhammad
