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  "ar": "كتاب مسيلمة إلى النبي",
  "en": "Musaylima's letter to the Prophet"
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 "summary": {
  "ar": "رسالة قصيرة من مسيلمة بن حبيب إلى النبي في آخر سنة عشر يسمّي فيها نفسه رسول الله ويقول إنه أُشرك في الأمر معه وإن له نصف الأرض ولقريش نصفها ولكن قريشاً قوم يعتدون؛ أجاب النبي عنها بأن الأرض لله يورثها من يشاء والعاقبة للمتقين.",
  "en": "A short letter from Musaylima ibn Habib to the Prophet at the end of 10 AH in which he calls himself the messenger of God, claims to have been made a partner in the matter, with half the earth his and half Quraysh's, though Quraysh transgress; the Prophet replied that the earth is God's to give to whom He wills, and the outcome is for the God-fearing."
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  "period/prophetic-era"
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  "prophets"
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   "hijri": "0010-12~",
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   "derived": true,
   "note": "«في آخر سنة عشر» (ص247).",
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   "note": "«في آخر سنة عشر» (ص247).",
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "sira-ibn-hisham saqqa 1936, juz' 4 p. 247",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code",
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   "source/mubarakpuri-raheeq"
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "رسالة قصيرة بعث بها [[person/musaylima|مسيلمة]] مع رسولين إلى النبي في آخر سنة عشر؛ انظر [[event/musaylimas-letter-and-the-prophets-reply|كتاب مسيلمة والجواب عنه]]. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "نصها",
     "markdown": "«من مسيلمة رسول الله إلى محمد رسول الله، سلام عليك، أما بعد فإني قد أُشركت في الأمر معك، وإن لنا نصف الأرض ولقريش نصف الأرض، ولكن قريشاً قوم يعتدون». {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الجواب",
     "markdown": "أجاب النبي: «من محمد رسول الله إلى مسيلمة الكذاب، السلام على من اتبع الهدى، أما بعد فإن الأرض لله يورثها من يشاء من عباده والعاقبة للمتقين». {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} ويذكر الرحيق المختوم الرسالة والجواب بنحو هذا. {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.452}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "work/letter-of-musaylima-to-the-prophet",
    "lang": "ar",
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "A short letter that [[person/musaylima|Musaylima]] sent to the Prophet with two messengers at the end of the tenth year AH. See [[event/musaylimas-letter-and-the-prophets-reply|Musaylima's letter and the Prophet's reply]]. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Its text",
     "markdown": "\"From Musaylima, Messenger of God, to Muhammad, Messenger of God: peace be upon you. To proceed: I have been made a partner with you in the matter, and to us is half the earth and to Quraysh is half the earth; but Quraysh are a people who transgress.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The reply",
     "markdown": "The Prophet replied: \"From Muhammad, Messenger of God, to Musaylima the liar: peace be upon whoever follows the guidance. To proceed: the earth belongs to God; He gives it as an inheritance to whomever of His servants He wills, and the final outcome is for the God-fearing.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} The book \"Al-Rahiq al-Makhtum\" gives the letter and the reply in much the same words. {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.452}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "work/letter-of-musaylima-to-the-prophet",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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