The Prophet’s Letter To Khosrow

The Prophet’s Letter to Khosrow – كتاب النبي إلى كسرى

The Prophet sent a letter to Khosrow II, the Sasanian king ruling present day Iran.

The Prophet invited him to Islam.

Khosrow II tore the letter into pieces!!

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعَثَ بِكِتَابِهِ إِلَى كِسْرَى، فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ الْبَحْرَيْنِ، يَدْفَعُهُ عَظِيمُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ إِلَى كِسْرَى، فَلَمَّا قَرَأَهُ كِسْرَى مَزَّقَهُ، فَحَسِبْتُ أَنَّ ابْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُمَزَّقُوا كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ‏
(Az-Zuhri said: I think Ibn Al-Musaiyab said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) invoked Allah to tear them (Khosrau and his followers) into pieces.”

[“Sahih Bukhari”, 7264].
https://sunnah.com/bukhari/95/18

According to another Hadith, when the Prophet was informed that he shred his letter, he supplicated:

اللهم مزق ملكه
“O God, shred his kingdom apart.”

His supplication was answered, and the Prophet gave his companions the glad tidings:

إِذَا هَلَكَ كِسْرَى فَلاَ كِسْرَى بَعْدَهُ
“When Khosrow is ruined, there will be no Khosrau after him.”

[“Sahih Bukhari”, 3120].
https://sunnah.com/bukhari/57/29

And this is exactly what happened – he was the last of them.

According to Wikipedia:

Khosrow II (Chosroes II in classical sources; Middle Persian: Husrō(y)), also known as Khosrow Parviz (New Persian: خسرو پرویز, “Khosrow the Victorious”), is consider to be THE LAST GREAT SASANIAN KING (SHAH) OF IRAN, ruling from 590 to 628, with an interruption of one year.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khosrow_II

The Sasanian (/səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən/) or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 Ērānshahr),[a] and called the Neo-Persian Empire by historians,[9] was the last Persian imperial dynasty before the Muslim conquest in the mid seventh century AD. Named after the House of Sasan, it endured for over four centuries, from 224 to 651 AD, making it the longest-lived Persian dynasty.[2][10]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_Empire