Part One: SEERAH (Biographical Sketch) CHAPTER

C:\Users\Admin\Dropbox\The Message - Material of Maulana\16. Books and Review\Apa's Books\Life And 32 very people who had been expelled by them from Makkah should come to the city again and perform the rights of Umrah openly and in such large numbers. Now the Prophet halted at Hudaybiyyah and began negotiating for peace with the Makkan leaders. The Quraysh finally agreed to sign a peace treaty. However, at the Prophet’s suggestion, a clause was included in it, specifying that for the next ten years no war would take place between the Muslims and the Makkans. By the terms of this treaty the Muslims were to go back without visiting the Kabah. They were to come again the following year and stay in Makkah for just three days. The treaty appeared to be a victory for the Quraysh, for the Prophet had unilaterally accepted all their conditions. But it soon proved to be otherwise. Now there being no danger of war, people were able to mix freely with any tribe they liked. This gave the non-Muslims an opportunity to have a closer look at Islam. During this period of free interaction, Islam became a subject of general discussion. The call of Islam spread rapidly. The Arabs, impressed by the virtues of Islam and began to enter its fold in large numbers. Within the next two years the number of Muslims greatly increased. Call to the World Now that peace prevailed, the Prophet took full advantage of the opportunities it afforded him. He sent his companions with letters to the rulers and kings the borders of whose kingdoms were contiguous with, or close to Arabia. The companions used to deliver these letters to the rulers. – Iran, Byzantium, Abyssinia, Egypt and Syria, amongst others. These letters contained the fundamental teachings of Islam and the rulers were invited to accept Islam. Some of them, like Negus, the ruler of Abyssinia accepted Islam, while others rejected it, but they accepted the letters graciously and sent presents to the Prophet. Only the Emperor of Iran, Khusro Parvez, tore the Prophet’s message apart in his arrogance. He considered it below his dignity to accept such a letter. When the Prophet received this news, he said: “The Emperor of