God Arises
Affirmation of Prophethood
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overflowing with blood. Whenever he sat down
hoping to have some relief, the townspeople forced
him to keep walking so that they could stone him
on the move. They kept this up for three long miles
until he was enveloped by the darkness of night.
Bleeding and exhausted, he walked on until he
came to the vineyard of ‘Utba ibn Rabia, a
nobleman of Makkah, where he finally took shelter.
Once he said to his wife, Aisha, “I have suffered
what I have suffered from your people, but the
hardest of these days was the day of Taif.” The
Prophet continued to preach the word of God even
in the face of such terrible persecution. Finally, the
chiefs of all the tribes unanimously agreed that
assassination was the only way to bring his
missionary activities to an end. The house of the
Prophet was then laid siege to by young men
selected by the Quraysh from different tribes to
waylay him and murder him. But, by the grace of
God, the Prophet was able to slip away from his
house and reach Madinah in safety.
The Quraysh then resolved to wage war on him,
and thus kept the Prophet and his companions
