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Likewise, there are the multiply attested reports transmitted by the Christians that his description is found in their scriptures—such as the testimony of Heraclius, the emperor of Byzantium; al-Muqawqas, the ruler of Egypt and lord of Alexandria; al-Najāshī, the king of Abyssinia; and the delegations that came to him in Mecca. Allah has alluded to this in the Quran when He said about the Jews: “Beforehand they used to pray for victory over those who disbelieved; but when there came to them what they recognized, they rejected it” (Qur’an 2:89). And He said about the Christians:
وَمِثْلُ مَا تَوَاتَرَ عَنْ إِخْبَارِ النَّصَارَى بِوُجُودِهِ فِي كُتُبِهِمْ مِثْلَ إِخْبَارِ هِرَقْلَ مَلِكِ الرُّومِ وَالْمُقَوْقَسِ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ صَاحِبِ الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ وَالنَّجَاشِيِّ مَلِكِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوهُ بِمَكَّةَ وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَنِ الْيَهُودِ.:.
{وَكَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ مَا عَرَفُوا كَفَرُوا بِهِ}
[البقرة: ٨٩]
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وَقَالَ عَنِ النَّصَارَى: