Allah the exalted said:
"Verily! It is from Solomon, and verily! It (reads): In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficient, the Most Merciful" (An-Naml 27:30)
Abu Sufyan (RA) said that the letter written to Hercules by the Messenger of Allah (SAW) contained the following:
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Min Muhammadun Abdullah Wa Rasuwloohoo, al Hiraql atheeymir ruwm. Assalamu ala man ittabaa al-huda, amma ba'd. (Reported by Al-Bukhari, Muslim and At-Tirmithi)
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. From Muhammad Abdullah the slave, and Messenger of Allah, to Hercules the great of Rome, Peace be upon him who has followed the guidance, as for what follows...
