The Foundations And Concepts of Islam

He said, “Does he betray?”

I said, “No. But we are now in a truce with him and we do not know what he is going to do.”

Abu Sufyaan added, “This is the only statement I could say against him.”

Heraclius further asked, “Did you go to war with him?”

I said, “Yes!”

He said, “How was your war with him?”

I said, “It was an alternate victory. He won sometimes and we won sometimes.”

He said, “What does he command you to do?”

I said, “He said, ‘Worship God alone and do not associate anything in worship with him and shun what your fathers say.’ He enjoined on us prayer, truthfulness, probity and kindness to the kith and kin.”

Heraclius then told his interpreter, “Tell him: