Romans vs Persians - An Insight to Surah Ar-Rum and Miracle from Allah [Quran 30]

ROMANS VS PERSIANS

At the time of Prophet Muhammad SAWS ﷺ, there was a fight between the Romans and Persians approximately 612 to 625/627 A.D. 

The Persian Empire decimated the Roman Empire. Historians said that this was their total end. If anyone is looking with the naked eyes, they would say this is the end of the Roman Empire; Persians took over Antioch, Damascus, Jerusalem as it was a holy city because it was a Christian Empire. 

The Persian king sent a letter to the Roman king: "You dog, surrender now" haha.

However, the pagan Arabs were mocking the Muslims because the Persian Empire was polytheistic empire, and the Roman empire were the people of the book; as they're closer to Muslims. 

Then Prophet Muhammad received a revelation from Allah, the beginning of chapter 30 of the Quran الروم" Ar-Rum which is a chapter about the Romans, the first few verses (Ar-Rum30:2-4) it says:

1. LOWEST LAND - MIRACLE FROM ALLAH

فِىٓ أَدْنَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُم

In the lowest land. [Quran 30:3]

Geographically, Persians defeated the Romans in the lowest points -geographically- lowest point of planet Earth and the Quran. 

How would the Quran know what is the lowest geographical point on planet Earth? How would Prophet Muhammed know that?

2. ROMANS WILL REVENGE- MIRACLE FROM ALLAH

 وَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ 

Yet following their defeat, they will triumph [Quran 30:3]

٣ فِى بِضْعِ سِنِينَ ۗ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ مِن قَبْلُ وَمِنۢ بَعْدُ ۚ وَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَفْرَحُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

٤within three to nine years.1 The ˹whole˺ matter rests with Allah before and after ˹victory˺. And on that day the believers will rejoice [Quran 30:4]

Allah said Romans will come back EXACTLY in 3-9 years, and Allah says that these affairs are for Him. It is the promise of Allah, this will happen. And this chapter of the Quran -Chapter 30- of the Quran was revealed in Mecca. It was revealed in the last chapters -one of the last chapters in Mecca, it's the one before the last or the second before the last, there are chapters that was revealed after it, still in Mecca,

So that chapter that was revealed in Mecca, the Prophet migrated you can say it was revealed from 618 all the way to 621, you got that time range.

Do you know when Romans defeated Persians back? 

626 A.D

So, it's exactly between 3-9 years -7 years- specifically. EXACTLY how the Quran predicted it. Romans came back, defeated them, took their lands back, and they entered into the heart of the Persian Empire, and they destroyed their fire worshipping by burning their temple. 

REFLECT ON THIS

Imagine yourself now you're a Bedouin Arab -desert Bedouin Arab- who have no knowledge of military tactics, you don't have an Army. The only thing the Arabs knew at the time is language and poetry and you're talking about the Roman and Persian Empire which had more than half the earth. 

Now someone might come and ok this history of the defeat where do you get it from? It's your Muslim sources, we would say: 

No! if you open Chronicles of Theophanes, which is from a Greek historian who is recording history, which is a well-accepted academic Source; It's not a Muslim Source someone will never knew or accepted Islam in his life. He records the exact dates that I'm giving you. About the defeat of Persian Empire and the defeat of the Romans and the Persians he records them. So this is verifiable information from external sources

Now the question is if you're not a Messenger of God, if you're not a Prophet of God, it's not like how would you know this information?

That's not the only question, the question is: Why would you ever gamble with giving a time frame and claiming that this is a promise of God?

Now I want you keep something in mind that any claim the Prophet Muhammad makes, if any of these claims do not come to pass then by definition the Islamic religion is all false. So, every time the Prophet makes a claim he is putting the whole religion at stake, you have to understand the way of that claim. But that's the thing, when it comes to religious teachings and Affairs, 

Prophets of Allah only speak Revelation, they cannot speak from their own ideas. Allah says the Quran (An- Najm 53:3-4):

Any claim that Prophet Muhammad SAWS makes about the future and Revelation coming from Allah, if it is the Quran then it's God speaking by default, I'm telling you. So, if that prophecy is in the Quran or he says that this is Revelation by default, if that prophecy does not happen then the whole religion is false