lost his faith. “I have not lost my faith,” Thamamah answered. “Rather I have adopted the faith of God and His Prophet.” Thamamah, moreover, became a source of strength to Islam. Yamamah was one of the

latter recited some verses of the Quran to him, Walid was very impressed by the style of the Book of God. When Abu Jahl heard about this, he went to see Walid, and told him that people would make a collection

had his say, the Prophet asked him: “Have you finished?” ‘Utbah said that he had. “In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful,” the Prophet began, and then went on to recite the first thirteen verses

Muslim: the Prophet himself, Abu Bakr, ‘Ammar, Sa’id, Suhayb, Bilal and Miqdad. “As for the Prophet, God protected him through his uncle. As for Abu Bakr, his tribe looked after him. The rest would be seized

taking this step. When Abu Talib, at the Quraysh’s behest, asked his nephew to stop criticizing their gods, the Prophet became concerned that his uncle was going to hand him over to the Quraysh. But Abu Talib