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and supplicated for Suraka who then prepared to ride off and return to his companions.

Then, quite unexpectedly the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) asked, "How would
you like to wear the robes of Chosroes (the King of Persia)?" Suraka was astonished
and knew that the word of the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) would surely be
fulfilled, so he requested the statement be written down for him as a sign, and so Abu
Bakr wrote it down on a piece of leather, which Suraka then placed in his quiver for
safekeeping and returned to Mecca.

Suraka kept his promised and told no one of their meeting. In the years that followed
when the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) was returning from the Encounter of
Hunain, Suraka met him again and embraced Islam.

Suraka's tribe opposed the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) for many years and in
the years that followed when Khalid was sent to remedy the matter, Suraka interceded
for them.

The promise made to Suraka was fulfilled during the caliphate of Omar, when the
possessions of Chosroes came into the keeping of Omar. Omar was an upright caliph