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him and invited him to leave Medina and live with him in his country. The time scale
between the king learning of Ka‟bs predicament, sending his messenger to Ka‟b, the
letter reaching Ka‟b in Medina was approximately forty to forty-five days because it was
on the fiftieth day Allah sent down the Revelation that the repentance of Ka‟b had been
accepted.
However, communication did not always reach the ears of Heraclius before it was too
late for him to take action. Shortly after the Battle of Mu‟tah, Farwah who was an Arab
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and the commander of the Byzantine army converted to Islam. Because Farwah refused
to abandon his new belief he was seized and crucified in Jerusalem by his Byzantine
army peers. Heraclius was unable to prevent this brutal act because the news did not
reach him until after Farwah‟s crucifixion.
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between the king learning of Ka‟bs predicament, sending his messenger to Ka‟b, the
letter reaching Ka‟b in Medina was approximately forty to forty-five days because it was
on the fiftieth day Allah sent down the Revelation that the repentance of Ka‟b had been
accepted.
However, communication did not always reach the ears of Heraclius before it was too
late for him to take action. Shortly after the Battle of Mu‟tah, Farwah who was an Arab
10
and the commander of the Byzantine army converted to Islam. Because Farwah refused
to abandon his new belief he was seized and crucified in Jerusalem by his Byzantine
army peers. Heraclius was unable to prevent this brutal act because the news did not
reach him until after Farwah‟s crucifixion.
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