THE CHALLENGE OF THE QUR’AN

The Challenge of The Qur’an ~ 305 ~ 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.10 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