In like manner, the inhabitants of the various islands humbled themselves before him: the people of the Arabian Peninsula, the dwellers of the Jazira lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris, the people of Cyprus, and the people of Andalusia.

The kings of Persia also submitted to him; none of them remained except those who embraced Islam or paid the jizya with their own hands while in a state of abject humility. This was not the case with the Byzantine rulers, for among them were some who neither accepted Islam nor paid the jizya. Hence he specifically mentioned the kings of Persia.

Every nation that came to know him and to know his community acknowledged his authority: some believed in him sincerely, others outwardly submitted while harboring hypocrisy, still others concluded truces and peace treaties with him, and some complied out of fear. He rescued the weak from the grip of the tyrants.

This stands in clear contrast to the Messiah, for during his lifetime he never attained such dominion, nor did those who followed him after his death achieve it. They secured none of the matters just mentioned, nor is he the object of continual prayer and blessing throughout day and night—because his people claim divinity for him.