1. Authority of ruling will remain with Quraish, and whoever bears hostility to them, Allah will destroy him as long as they abide by the laws of the religion;I have heard that some men amongst you narrate things which are neither in the Holy Book, nor have been told by Allah's Apostle
2. Ibid.
3. Appendix II
4. But his naval battle did not succeed, for a multitude of [Byzantine] troops in boats came up before him, and sent [the Arabs] to the deep, driving off many others with fire, and pursuing those who fled. Nonetheless, emperor Constans was horrified [by the attack] and considered it wise to pay a tax/tribute [sak], and to make peace by means of messengers. The Ishmaelites hurried the Byzantines to complete a peace agreement. Now Constans, the Byzantine emperor, because he was a lad, did not dare to do so without the approval of the army. So he wrote to Procopius for him to go with him to Damascus;Sebeos;He boarded a ship and began warring with Constantinople