“The Romans have been defeated in the lowest land, but after their defeat they will soon be victorious. Within three to nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after, is with God.” (Quran 30:2-4)
Quranic miracle which predicted the victory of the Romans (Byzantines) over their Persian Sassanid enemies.
Shortly before the expansion of Islam began, Persian Shahanshah has invaded the Byzantine terrotories in the Middle East, indeed, defeating them ”in the lowerst land” around the shores of the Dead Sea. (Area highly below see level, ”the lowest land” on earth.
Initially, the Romans lost all of their Middle Eastern territories, from Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt and even their capital city, Constantinople has been besieged by the combined forces of the Persians, Avars and Slavs.
It looked like the Byzantine empire is going to crumble, but, the new emperor Heraclius took to the offensive, attacking the Persians from behind, while their armies were busy besiging Constantinople he attacked the heartlands of the Persian empire using his Turkic allies, at the decisive battle of Nineveh in 627. (present day Mosul in Iraq) the Persian army was destroyed and all the gains which the Persians made in the past few years were reversed, the empire was saved and the Quranic prophecy came true.
After 26 years of warfare, the Romans merged victorious, three to nine years from their largest defeat, when everyone observed and awaited the fall of the Roman Empire.
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