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Another report concerns al-Julandī, the king of Ghassān. When the envoy of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—reached him with the summons to Islam, al-Julandī said:
“By Allah, what has guided me to recognize this unlettered Prophet is that he never commands any good without being the very first to embrace it, nor does he forbid any evil without being the very first to abandon it. When he prevails he is never arrogant; when he is overcome he does not grow impatient. He keeps his covenants and fulfils his promises. I therefore testify that he is a prophet.”
And Naftaweih said regarding the Almighty’s words:
وَفِي خَبَرِ الْجَلَنْدِيِّ مَلِكِ غَسَّانَ لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ الْجَلَنْدِيُّ:
وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ دَلَّنِي عَلَى هَذَا النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ أَنَّهُ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِخَيْرٍ إِلَّا كَانَ أَوَّلَ آخِذٍ بِهِ، وَلَا يَنْهَى عَنْ شَرٍّ إِلَّا كَانَ أَوَّلَ تَارِكٍ لَهُ، وَأَنَّهُ يَغْلِبُ فَلَا يَبْطَرُ، وَيُغْلَبُ فَلَا يَضْجَرُ، وَيَفِي بِالْعَهْدِ، وَيُنْجِزُ بِالْمَوْعُودِ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ.
وَقَالَ نِفْطَوَيْهِ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: