Chapter 22: The Vision
The prophet Muhmad did not sleep that night. He sat instead in his small, plain room, contemplating the worlds of perhaps and could-be. He knew the vision he would give on the morrow would affect the fate, not just of the two men who asked him, but of all Parsina as well. In addition, he knew that by telling them his vision, he would bring about his own death as the course of destiny played itself out.
A novice might have said he had the choice not to reveal his vision, thereby possibly sparing his own life. But Muhmad knew that was a choice that was no choice. He would tell the questioners what he saw, and they would fail to understand it, as questioners often did—but they would act, and in that action would hang the fate of the world. And Muhmad would die, but wh
