Translations:On Dokuzuncu Mektup/706/en
Also, another Roman ruler called Muqawqis, the Governor of Egypt,(*[1])and celebrated Jewish scholars and leaders such as Ibn Suriya, Zubayr b. Batiya, Ibn Akhtab and his brother Ka‘b b. Asad, although remaining non-Muslim, admitted: “He is described in our Books.”(*[2])
- ↑ *Suyuti, al-Khasa’is al-Kubra, ii, 139; Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 366; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i,744-5; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya, iv, 80, 81, 272; Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, iii, 362; Waqidi, Kitab al-Maghazi, 403-4; Abu Nu’aym, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 85.
- ↑ *Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 366; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 744-5; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l- Nihaya, iv, 80-1; Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, iii, 361-2; Waqidi, al-Maghazi 403-4; Ibn Jawzi, Sifat al-Safwa, iii, 361-2; Abu Nu’aym, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 79; ii, 492.