History of the Saracens/Letter to the inhabitants of Mecca

by Abu Bakr

In the name of the most merciful God,

Abdallah Athik Ebn Abu Kohafa,^[1] to the rest of the true believers; health and happiness, and the mercy and blessing of God be upon you. I praise the most high God, and I pray for his prophet Mohammed. This is to acquaint you that I intend to send the true believers into Syria, to take it out of the hands of the infidels, And I would have you know, that the fighting for religion is an act of obedience to God.

Translator's footnotes

1. These were Abubeker’s surnames.