The Letter of Prophet Muhammad to the Ethiopian King

This is a reproduction of the handwritten letter from Prophet Muhammad to the Negus of Abyssinia. This Writing style is a blend of the Kanem Bornawi or Jihadi script and the Magribi andalusi style. Complements of Shaykh Muhammad Shareef (Hatumere’ Designs)
The Importance of History
History is the balance principle against which human endeavors are measured, critiqued, revised, and changed. All nations and religious communities universally acknowledge the advantages of the science of histiography. Allah ta`ala uses the evidence of the chronicles of the human situation to make a case against their rebellion. He utilizes the arguments of history as the basis for His evidence in the face of the recalcitrance of the People of the Book. Allah ta`ala says:
“O people of the Book why do you debate about Ibrahim when the Torah and the Injeel were not revealed until after him. Will you not use your intellects?” [Qur’an 3:65]
History and the time line that it creates are used to address fallacies of their claims of spiritual priority. Further in the Quran the precedence is given for the study of history as a genuine social science from the words of Allah ta`ala. He says:
“Verily, I narrate to you some of the tidings of the messengers in order to make it firmly established in your mind, that you may bring from this Truth clear lessons and reminders to those who believe.” [Qur’an 11:120]
The scholars take the concept ‘the tidings of the messengers’ as a clear license for the study of history as a form of individual and social transformation. Allah ta`ala also says:
“There is certainly in their chronicles a lesson for those of understanding.” [Qur’an 12:111]
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