ANOTHER VICTORY OF BYZANTINUM Another astonishing piece of reveation that the !"ran gives a#o"t the f"t"re is to #e fo"n$ in the first verses of %"rah R"&' (hich refers to the B)*antine E&pire' the eastern part of the ater Ro&an E&pire+ In these verses' it is state$ that the B)*antine E&pire ha$ &et (ith a great $efeat' #"t that it (o"$ soon gain victor)+ ,Aif' -a&' Mi&+ The Ro&ans have #een $efeate$ in the o(est an$' #"t after their $efeat the) (i the&seves #e victorio"s in a fe( )ears. ti&e+ The affair is /o$.s fro& #eginning to en$+,0The !"ran' 1234567 These verses (ere reveae$ aro"n$ 892 A:' a&ost seven )ears after the severe $efeat of Christian B)*anti"& at the han$s of the i$oater ;ersians+ Yet it (as reate$ in the verses that B)*anti"& (o"$ short) #e victorio"s+ In fact' B)*anti"& ha$ then s"ffere$ s"ch heav) osses that it see&e$ i&possi#e for it even to s"rvive' et aone #e victorio"s victorio" s again+ Not on) the ;ersians' #"t aso Avars' %avs an$ -o&#ar$s pose$ serio"s threats to the B)*antine E&pire+ The Avars ha$ reache$ as far as the (as of Constantinope+ The B)*antine E&peror Heraci"s ha$ or$ere$ the go$ an$ siver in ch"rches to #e &ete$ an$ t"rne$ into &one) in or$er to &eet the e
e f"n of these verses+ The) tho"ght that the victor) anno"nce$ in the !"ran (o"$ never co&e tr"e+ Aro"n$ seven )ears after the reveation of the first verses of %"rah R"&' in :ece&#er 89? A:' a $ecisive #atte #et(een B)*anti"& an$ the ;ersian E&pire (as fo"ght at Nineveh+ An$ this ti&e the B)*antine ar&) "nee an agree&ent (ith B)*anti"&' (hich o#ige$ the& to ret"rn the territories the) ha$ ta>en fro& it+ At the en$' ,the victor) of the Ro&ans', procai&e$ #) /o$ in the !"ran' &irac"o"s) ca&e tr"e+ Another &irace reveae$ in these verses is the anno"nce&ent of a geographica fact that co"$ not have #een >no(n #) an)one at that ti&e+
In the thir$ verse of %"rah R"&' (e are infor&e$ that the Ro&ans ha$ #een $efeate$ in the o(est region of the Earth+ This een pace at the o(est point on earth+ This specifie$ region is the :ea$ %ea #asin' (hich is sit"ate$ at the intersection point of the an$s #eonging to %)ria' ;aestine' an$ @or$an+ The ,:ea$ %ea,' )ing 1 &eters #eo( sea eve' rea) is the o(est region on Earth+ This &eans that the B)*antines (ere $efeate$ at the o(est part of the (or$' "st as state$ in the verse+ The &ost interesting point ies in the fact that the atit"$e of the :ea$ %ea co"$ on) #e &eas"re$ (ith &o$ern &eas"re&ent techniD"es+ Before that' it (as i&possi#e for an)one to >no( that it (as the o(est region on the s"rface of the Earth+ Yet' this region (as state$ to #e the o(est point on the Earth in the !"ran+ Hence' this provi$es f"rther evi$ence that the !"ran is $ivine reveation+
