Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
10. The Prophet in Makkah
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The lower classes said: “By God, this Arabian
has spoken the truth.” As for the upper
classes: they said, “By God, he has attacked us
with words which our slaves will find
irresistible. God damn our predecessors. How
stupid they were to think lightly of this
community.
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When, in the thirteenth year of the Prophet’s
mission, he and Abu Bakr arrived in Madinah,
about 500 people came to meet him. They greeted
the newcomers with these words:
Welcome! You are both safe with us. We
accept you as our leaders.
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It was the Prophet’s preaching alone which had
made him leader of the people of Madinah. The first
inhabitant of Madinah to whom the Prophet had
preached Islam was probably Suwayd ibn Samit al-
Khazraji. When the Prophet had given him an
outline of the teachings of Islam, Suwayd said: “It
seems that your message is the same as mine.”
“What’s your message?”, the Prophet asked. “The
wisdom of Luqman,” Suwayd replied. When the
Prophet asked him to explain the wisdom of
