从世界超级大国权力争斗几乎未曾波及的地球一隅荒凉之地，《古兰经》大胆预言了数年之间波斯与拜占庭之间将发生的最出人意料的事件。“罗马人被打败了，在最近的地方。但他们在失败之后，必将获胜。在三年至九年之内。”264

From a desolate corner of the earth that had been largely unaffected by the power struggles of the world’s superpowers, the Qur’an boldly foretold the most unexpected events that would transpire between Persia and Byzantium in a few short years. “The Byzantines have been defeated. In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome. Within three to nine years.”264

从613年至619年,拜占庭帝国遭到波斯帝国的重创,先后失去了安条克、大马士革、亚美尼亚,然后是其最珍视的耶路撒冷,接着是卡尔西顿,最后是埃及。爱德华·吉本在其著作《罗马帝国衰亡史》中写道:"据说这一预言被宣告之时,没有什么比它的应验更遥远了,因为希拉克略统治的头十二年预示着帝国即将崩溃。"265

From 613-619, the Byzantines were decimated by the Persian Empire, losing the territories of Antioch, then Damascus, then Armenia, then their most cherished Jerusalem, then Chalcedon, and finally Egypt. In his book, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon says, At the time when this prediction is said to have been delivered, no prophecy could be more distant from its accomplishment, since the first twelve years of Heraclius announced the approaching dissolution of the empire.265