did some research.....ok so apparently Sasanian were the Persian people during the period of 224 - 651 AD. We know it today as Iran. It was one of the superpowers of that period & held a vast empire, second only to the Romans. Arab forces, united under Islam, defeated the Sasanian armies in 637 AD. The last Sasanian ruler died in 651 AD.
ok here's an interesting bit of history: I remember in the sirah, the holy Prophet once sent a messenger carrying a letter inviting the Persian monarch to Islam, however he received it with insolence and tore up the letter. "So will his kingdom be torn up" said the holy Prophet when the news reached him. Anarchy reigned supreme in the Sasanian Empire till the dynasty was extinguished by the Muslim victory at the battle of Madain in 637. The great and glorious Persian monarchy full of pride n ambition came to an ignominious end and a new chapter opened for Persia under the banner of Islam.
true true..the Sasanian Empire was the one that existed juz before the Islamic Caliphs took over Persia.
U see, over abt 400 years, the Sasanian Empire was governed by several kings, and this quote actually came from one of the earlier rulers, Ardeshir, durin which the Empire was thriving and he was known to be a great & just man. The ones who didn't heed to number 3 & 4 were his successors! It was after many successors that the empire crumbled, mainly hmm...what else?? the ruler was too deluded with power jostling with the Romans and durin that period, the tribes of Arabia stopped their internal feuding & were united by our beloved Prophet Muhammad(saw).
If i am not mistaken, the Prophet was involved in wars in the land of Arabia, but it was durin Abu Bakar's(as) caliphate that Khalid bin Walid and delegations (including the letter u mentioned) were sent to conquer the Persian empire and one of the first important wins for the Muslims was at the "Zatus Salasil" or "Battle of Chains", tis marks the start of the fallin of the Sasanian/Persian empire into the hands of the Islamic Caliphates~
Yeah that’s true, the invasion took place after the death of the Prophet SAW ; during the Abu Bakar’s RA caliphate & the full conquest during the caliphate of Umar RA , however the the remarkable thing was that Prophet SAW knew from divine inspiration & prophesized about the conquest of Persia & Rome by the Muslims on several occasions, long before it happened:
The Messenger SAW, looking ahead to the day when the Persian empire would crumble, said to Suraqah, 'How will you feel when you are wearing the bracelets of Chosroes?'
And indeed that event took place. When Persia was conquered, the bracelets, belt and crown of Chosroes were brought to Umar RA. He summoned Suraqah ibn Malik and put the royal insignia on him.
The Prophet SAW said “You will attack Arabia and Allah will enable you to conquer it, then you will attack Persia and He would make you conquer it. Then you would attack Rome and Allah will enable you to conquer it….” (siratun nabi)
“ I have been given the keys of Persia. By God, I see the white palaces of Mada’in…” (siratun nabi)
The Prophet SAW said “ Khosrau will be ruined and there will be no Khosrau after him and Caesar will surely be ruined and there will be no Caesar after him, and you will spend their treasures in Allah’s cause. (Bukhari)
The pages of history bear out the fact that the prophecies of the Holy Prophet SAW came to be true in all details and these kingdoms which at the time of the prophecy were so formidable that the Muslims could not even conceive of their conquest, fell like a house of cards before the rising tide of the Muslim power. : ))
yes yes tis one undeniably true and mind blowing abis...Masya Allah!!
hey Adiy, do u have speeches of the Prophet, the Caliphs and the Generals durin the times of war or battlefront against the Perisans n Romans, tak? If u have, can post up in ur site? to remind us of the beauty/glory of Islamic history & motivate us to uphold our Deen?
regardin' the conquest of the sasanian & byzantine empire, it is a whole chunk of history text by itself & it would be doin injustice for any historian (less myself!) to merely summarized all that into lil sketches.
If u're really into it though, then may i recommend an exquisite piece of work by the late great Indian scholar Shams-ul-Ulama' Allama Shibli Nu'mani , orginally written in the Urdu language ( Btw, Urdu language ranks no.2 in Islamic literature after Arabic) entitled "Al-Farooq" the life of Omar the Great, consisting of 2 volumes. Whats nice is that this monumental work has been translated into stylish fluent English of old which i truly love! Translated by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, the famed translator & scholar in Oriental studies. This is by no chance an ordinary work, it was a thorough research work which aimed at deriving purely authentic sources. A must owned reference book & definitely must read. : )
Fight and you may die. Run and you'll live, at least a while. And, dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance -- just one chance -- to come back here and tell our enemies, that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!
U remind me of Luciano's/Luciando's lecture yesterday: (if i remember this correctly)
ReplyDeleteSex is not necessary in reproduction, it actually slows it down...
hahahhaha...
whoa, thats coool.
ReplyDeleteso who or what is a sasanian?
Yah....what is sasanian?
ReplyDeleteI like number 3 :)
ReplyDeletedid some research.....ok so apparently Sasanian were the Persian people during the period of 224 - 651 AD. We know it today as Iran. It was one of the superpowers of that period & held a vast empire, second only to the Romans. Arab forces, united under Islam, defeated the Sasanian armies in 637 AD. The last Sasanian ruler died in 651 AD.
ReplyDeleteok here's an interesting bit of history:
I remember in the sirah, the holy Prophet once sent a messenger carrying a letter inviting the Persian monarch to Islam, however he received it with insolence and tore up the letter. "So will his kingdom be torn up" said the holy Prophet when the news reached him. Anarchy reigned supreme in the Sasanian Empire till the dynasty was extinguished by the Muslim victory at the battle of Madain in 637. The great and glorious Persian monarchy full of pride n ambition came to an ignominious end and a new chapter opened for Persia under the banner of Islam.
i guess he didn't heed to number 3 & 4.
ReplyDeleteYEAHH well-done Adiy!!
ReplyDeletetrue true..the Sasanian Empire was the one that existed juz before the Islamic Caliphs took over Persia.
U see, over abt 400 years, the Sasanian Empire was governed by several kings, and this quote actually came from one of the earlier rulers, Ardeshir, durin which the Empire was thriving and he was known to be a great & just man. The ones who didn't heed to number 3 & 4 were his successors! It was after many successors that the empire crumbled, mainly hmm...what else?? the ruler was too deluded with power jostling with the Romans and durin that period, the tribes of Arabia stopped their internal feuding & were united by our beloved Prophet Muhammad(saw).
If i am not mistaken, the Prophet was involved in wars in the land of Arabia, but it was durin Abu Bakar's(as) caliphate that Khalid bin Walid and delegations (including the letter u mentioned) were sent to conquer the Persian empire and one of the first important wins for the Muslims was at the "Zatus Salasil" or "Battle of Chains", tis marks the start of the fallin of the Sasanian/Persian empire into the hands of the Islamic Caliphates~
hehe it was the philosophical genetics lecture that spurred me for tis entry!!
ReplyDeleteOk thought they were the sales person at those perfumr/make-up stores. Hahaha...Nah....donno wat they talking..
ReplyDeleteIyuan: Oh the SASA shop eh? hehehe... I like no. 3 too!
ReplyDeleteYeah that’s true, the invasion took place after the death of the Prophet SAW ; during the Abu Bakar’s RA caliphate & the full conquest during the caliphate of Umar RA , however the the remarkable thing was that Prophet SAW knew from divine inspiration & prophesized about the conquest of Persia & Rome by the Muslims on several occasions, long before it happened:
ReplyDeleteThe Messenger SAW, looking ahead to the day when the Persian empire would crumble, said to Suraqah, 'How will you feel when you are wearing the bracelets of Chosroes?'
And indeed that event took place. When Persia was conquered, the bracelets, belt and crown of Chosroes were brought to Umar RA. He summoned Suraqah ibn Malik and put the royal insignia on him.
The Prophet SAW said “You will attack Arabia and Allah will enable you to conquer it, then you will attack Persia and He would make you conquer it. Then you would attack Rome and Allah will enable you to conquer it….” (siratun nabi)
“ I have been given the keys of Persia. By God, I see the white palaces of Mada’in…” (siratun nabi)
The Prophet SAW said “ Khosrau will be ruined and there will be no Khosrau after him and Caesar will surely be ruined and there will be no Caesar after him, and you will spend their treasures in Allah’s cause. (Bukhari)
The pages of history bear out the fact that the prophecies of the Holy Prophet SAW came to be true in all details and these kingdoms which at the time of the prophecy were so formidable that the Muslims could not even conceive of their conquest, fell like a house of cards before the rising tide of the Muslim power. : ))
yes yes tis one undeniably true and mind blowing abis...Masya Allah!!
ReplyDeletehey Adiy, do u have speeches of the Prophet, the Caliphs and the Generals durin the times of war or battlefront against the Perisans n Romans, tak? If u have, can post up in ur site? to remind us of the beauty/glory of Islamic history & motivate us to uphold our Deen?
wah ini nak kena bukak buku2 sejarah Islam bab peperangan...hehe...InsyaAllah, kalau masa mengizinkan....
ReplyDeletehehe no pressure lah dude...tapikan bab tu best eh!
ReplyDeleteI think he said something like "Eternity...take it, IT YOURS!!" but i could have mistaken it from some other lines...hahaha
ReplyDeletewheyyyy that's Achilles lah!! *dush dush dush*
ReplyDeletel.o.l man, but seriously..
ReplyDeleteregardin' the conquest of the sasanian & byzantine empire, it is a whole chunk of history text by itself & it would be doin injustice for any historian (less myself!) to merely summarized all that into lil sketches.
If u're really into it though, then may i recommend an exquisite piece of work by the late great Indian scholar Shams-ul-Ulama' Allama Shibli Nu'mani , orginally written in the Urdu language ( Btw, Urdu language ranks no.2 in Islamic literature after Arabic) entitled "Al-Farooq" the life of Omar the Great, consisting of 2 volumes.
Whats nice is that this monumental work has been translated into stylish fluent English of old which i truly love! Translated by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, the famed translator & scholar in Oriental studies.
This is by no chance an ordinary work, it was a thorough research work which aimed at deriving purely authentic sources. A must owned reference book & definitely must read. : )
Fight and you may die. Run and you'll live, at least a while. And, dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance -- just one chance -- to come back here and tell our enemies, that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!
ReplyDeleteadiko: *gulp* itu i KIV, if got alot of time to spare then i'll prob look it up. thanx thanx for the recomendation :)
ReplyDeletehalftank: emmm ini quote by who eh?
Braveheart right? Muhahah....
ReplyDeleteyeah ten thousands points to iyuan....
ReplyDeleteYes, I like the lines except for the first line and my tongue in cheek reply is:-
ReplyDeleteHold not money in contempt,
But realise its just a tool,
Don't forget you need it to pay the rent,
Value your tools, don't be a fool!
ahaha that's cool! nice one dude
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