Miracles Of The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam): Predictions Of The Holy Quran
One of the predictions mentioned by the Holy Quran is that some of the Muslims will apostatise after the death of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). Then, those apostates will be uprooted by those Muslims who love Allah and whom Allah loves and holds as friends. Such Muslims are humble towards the Muslims and staunch towards the pagans. They are to fight in the way of Allah for raising high the command of Allah, and they are to continue their Jihad or Holy war with their effort and exertion without fear of the censure of the censurers. Thus, the events occurred in accordance with this prediction of the Holy Quran when some tribes of Arabia turned apostate after the death of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), and some of them joined Musailmah Kazzab, who claimed prophethood. At that time, the companions who were qualified with the qualities. in question, eliminated this apostasy by the grace of Allah and annihilated this fascination. ·The apostates were defeated, and Musailmah Kazzab was killed by Wahshi (radi Allahu anhu). This conspiracy came to an end at the hands of Hadhrat Khalid bin Waleed (radi Allahu anhu) during the Khilafat of Hadhrat Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu), and an army of the· Muslims became victorious under the command of Hadhrat Khalid bin Waleed (radi Allahu anhu) over all the apostates and disbelievers. In this connection, Allah Almighty observes in verse 54 of Surah Mayedah:
“O believers! Whoever among you abandons their faith, Allah will replace them with others who love Him and are loved by Him. They will be humble with the believers but firm towards the disbelievers, struggling in the Way of Allah, fearing no blame from anyone. This is the favour of Allah. He grants it to whoever He wills. And Allah is All-Bountiful, All-Knowing.”
That is all that is expressed in the previous lines.
In addition to other predictions in the Holy Quran, this one is also famous, mentioned in connection with the war between the Romans and the Persians. In this war, the Persians were dominant over the Romans, occupying some of their lands. With this news, the pagans of Makkah were very happy, and they expressed that they would be dominant over the Muslims, being followers of a Divine book, if a war broke out between them and the Muslims, like the Persians, being the polytheists, and had become dominant over the Romans, followers of a Divine book. This was just their whim. Rome and Persia were two great and developed states in those days. The Muslims had a liking for the Romans because they were the people of the book. On the other hand, the pagans of Makkah had a liking for the Persians because they were disbelievers like them. Therefore, the Muslims felt grieved by the defeat of the Romans and the pagans of Makkah felt very much pleased with the conquest of the Persians and considered it a sign of good fortune for them. In this connection, Allah Almighty observed in verses 1 to 3
of Surah Rome. These verses state:
“Alif Laam Meem. The Roman Empire has been defeated in a land close-by, but they, even after this defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious.”
Thus, the Holy Quran disclosed that the conquest of the Persians is temporary and in a few years, i.e., within 9 years, its reverse will take place and then those who were dominated now will be dominant then. Thus, this prediction proved true, and on the same day when the Muslims were victorious in the war of Badr, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was told through revelation that the Romans had conquered the Persians.
The Muslims .felt very pleased, on the one side, because of the conquest in the war of Badr, and on the other side, on the good news of the conquest of the Romans against the Persians and taking back their lands from them. Thus, the prediction of the Holy Quran proved true.