Since it is the season of letters,
we deemed it necessary to dust the archives and bring one of the letters of
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) to a number of ‘His excellencies’ during his era.
He had at a time when the Quraish
became bitter enemies to Islam, when the pagans taunted and maltreated Muslims
written several letters to the kings and emperors. Those letters could help to
give us better understanding of his disposition towards rulers who were not of
his faith and how called them to Islam with humility. One of these
letters to Negus, King of Abyssinia, was carried by ‘Amr bin Umayya Damrira. It
ran as follows:
“In the name of Allah, the Gracious,
the Merciful, Muhammad (saw), the Messenger of God, writes to the Negus, King
of Abyssinia. O King, peace of God be upon you. I praise before you the One and
Only God. None else is worthy of worship. He is the King of kings, the source
of all excellences, free from all defects, He provides peace to all His
servants and protects His creatures.
I invite you and your people to join
the Faith of the Almighty God. I discharge my duty hereby. I have delivered to
you the Message of God, and made clear to you the meaning of this Message. I
have done so in all sincerity and I trust you will value the sincerity which
has prompted this message. He who obeys the guidance of God becomes heir to the
blessings of God.”
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