Omens in the Persian court at the Prophet's birth
أخبار الإرهاصات في إيوان كسرى عند مولد النبي
c. 571 CE
Ibn Jarir and others, as cited by Salihi, report that the Persian king's palace arch cracked, the Tigris breached its dam, and the king's soothsayers found the omens foretold a prophet from Hijaz.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
In al-Raheeq al-Makhtum (p. 54)
Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum mentions these portents in summary at the birth: fourteen battlements fell from Kisra's arch, the fire of the Magians went out, and the churches around Lake Sawa collapsed after its water had receded. It refers to a report of al-Bayhaqi, then notes that Muhammad al-Ghazali does not accept these reports. 1 2 3 It also mentions what Ibn Sa'd reports from the Prophet ﷺ's mother about a light by which the palaces of Syria were illuminated, and what Ahmad reports from al-Irbad ibn Sariya to the same effect. 1 4 5 The author presents them in the form "it is reported" and records the disagreement about them, and the museum presents them in the same way.
Connections
- Related to
- The Year of the Elephant and the Prophet's birth· Muhammad
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The Year of the Elephant and the Prophet's birth· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· The Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'rana· The three years of the secret call· Ali's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'· Ali ibn Abi Talib's expeditions to Yemen (twice)· After Badr: the dead, the captives, the spoils, and the news in Mecca and Medina· The day of Badr: the lines, the duels and the victory
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.54
- Dalail al-Nubuwwa — al-Bayhaqi
- Fiqh al-Sira — al-Ghazali, p.46
- al-Tabaqat al-Kubra — Ibn Sa'd, 1/63
- Musnad Ahmad
- Subul al-Huda wa-l-Rashad — al-Salihi al-Shami
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “Omens in the Persian court at the Prophet's birth”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/omens-of-kisra-at-birth/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.