and to Rome, where he met the dignitaries of that region, conferred with its eminent men and scholars, and held this epistle in great esteem, giving it the title: “The Logical Treatise—al-Dawla Khani—Demonstrating the Sound Creed and the Upright Opinion.”
[A concise summary of the claims advanced in Paul’s epistle]
Its substance is arranged in six sections:
Section One: Their assertion that Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was not sent to them but only to the pagan Arabs, together with their assertion that the Qur’an points to this and that reason confirms it.
Section Two: Their assertion that Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—praised their present religion in the Qur’an and commended it in a manner that obliges them to remain upon it.
Section Three: Their assertion that the prophecies of the earlier prophets—such as the Torah, the Psalms, the Gospel, and others from