 The Messiah ben David of the Sefer Zerubbabel Menahem ben Ammiel is now called the Messiah ben Joseph.The fall of Palaestina Prima to the Persians was mentioned as a contemporary event in the thirtieth "sūrah" of the Qur'an, Sūrat al-Rūm.It went on to predict the imminent defeat of the Persians by the Byzantines