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M A

noa

dftcr'.\'ards

lC'cornmcndcd him

tÓ

Kh:!¿ij Ih,

n:>bl~

and

:-ich v.:idüw, fcr he!' r.lllar; in whofc

(el'vice

he behaved

himfdff() wc.:ll, th:tt h}' n1t\king him hcr

h"íl):t:1d Ole

foon

Tilifed hiOl 10 ?n cCJullity wirh (he richcí} in

rvI:ecca.

After

IH!

uegan

l,y

this

ildvi\ntf!gco~s

m n..:h

li\'c at

J\is e,lre,

V/35

th:l.t

he furmcd rhe (cheme

cO;¡lJilnting

n new

rdig~l .

or, tl.S

he expre(fcd

it,

rcplilntin,!!

lhe

..onJy (file and :mcient onc,

profcíft:d

Ad.tm

. Nonh,

Abrah,m 1I10C ... J <Cus. aod all the prop:'e". hy ce·

Hroying rhe grofs ido1.ltry

ir.tO

which lhe

g"!ncrality

11is countrym::n

lud ralk:n.

anu

\Veeding OUl

die

COI

rup~

t ioos and fupedlitions which lhe JJ'ter J ews and

ehri·

iliílns hado as he thought, iñ:roduccd iota lheir reliStioo ,

~nd

rl!ducing'

¡tS

or:gin:tl purity,

which

coilGHed

chiefl y io the wor!hip of ooe ooly G od.

Before he m.d, .oy ."emp' abroad. he rightly judged'

1hat ie was nece{fary for him

bcg,in with the coO\'er

fioo~

of his

O'A;n

houfeholJ,

Ha~g

thcrefore

rCli red

with

~is

r ..

mil)',

hfl.d

done feveral

vrncs

bcrore,

a c:\ve

in mount

Hnfn,

he there

opcn.!«

the (ecrel

his miOion to his wifc Kh ..

dijah;

and acquainted

her

th1lt

. he .ngel G abriel h.d jita before app.ared ' o him. and

told him ,ha, he was appoioted t!lC apo!!le of G od : he

alCo rcp:ated tO her a p,n-"ge whieh he pretended h.d

beeo re.'e,lcd 'o him by the mioirhy of the aogel, ",ith

thoCe

other circumn..tnccs of this 6rn

:lp?:ar~nce.

which

are rel" ed by the Moham01ed,o w:i«rs. K h.dij. h re·

ceived the news with greílt

joy ;

welfing

hilll

in whofe

h~nds

her fotll \Vas, lh:lt fhe truHed he \Vonld bethe pro–

phet of

his

nation

:tn¿

i~l~nediatcl y

communicated what

[he had n!ard

her coulill \V:lrdkah Ebn Nawf..l, who,

being "

Chri!E3.o.

cO'JIJ

write

in the

H ebrew

charaéler,

::nd \Vas tol!nbly ",ell ,'crfed

the Ceriptures; and he

readily

carne into her

opinion,

arruríng

her

lh:lt lhe

úOle

aogel

wllo had formcrly

appeared

Unto Mofc:s Was

now

CCOl (O

rvroha mmed T hc lirfl o,'un:re (he prophet

'flude

ehe manth of

Ramad.ln

lhe fortícth )'e'lr of

Jlis «gr, \l'hich is

thercfure

ufu.dly

c.lllcd the yeJ r of his

mdli

)0 .

Enenuragcd

Co ¡;ood a hcgiooing. he r, ColI'en to

rroc:!co.

and try (or Come time what he

could

pri–

"ate

perfuf\lion,

nOl

dal

íng

h:¡zard the \Vllol'!!

aIF,lir

expnfing

lOO

{uddcn!y

lhe

public, H.:

Coon

mi\d<

profcl),te,

('Ir

thaC..: unci..:r his own

roor,

f,.·i=,

his wire

Kh.d,j¡h. his

fe','

101

Zcid

Ebn

H.Heth~

(tO

wholll he

f'a\'" his freed.m

0 0

that roce,diJo, \\bich afl:rw:;¡nls be–

~am-e ~ rul~

his

roIl0"':~; !)

and

his couri n

and p:.lp:1

Alí .

l he

fon of Abu

T,dd).

I noll~h

lhen

" :r~'

youllj!:

bUl lhi:;

111, m..

kin~

no ac lum of the other

t wO,

l1f~J

nyl..:

himfdf lhe

ji,J}

",,/in·forJ.

T he

neXl

perfun I\ftllrHn·

med

aoplicn lOwa:; Abd'.llId!1

T-:01

Abl KO)ll(a.

Curnallled

J\IIU B::cr. a m1n n( (Ie;;.t atllhoril)' araong lhe

I~(lrd(h .

:'nd one \'llUfe interdl h:: \Vdl knl!w \\f.otdJ be

(lf

nrc.lt

( 'n'ie.!

h;m :

[,):')n

:trp:a.red:

ror

,\bu

Becr,

Il'~in~

nOtinfC!

O\'C"

r r!\'~i1(.'d

alr

r) un

Odlln:ln

E:,n :\rrm,

.-\hd'

~lnt.:1m E~ln

A'.d. S

t.id

I:"n Aui

V/.tj..kdS,

Z'J\'cir

E "\1 ..

'\'H l ,

"n,I 1'('"1.1.1

Eb:1 Obeid'"II.d: alJ

pri'1t.;ip~1

J:l~O

(lf

r.!:

ca.

f"lIü,v

I,is exa npl..:.

h,Jc m.l!il

\;/~re

(i \:

e~.i.f c(\~n¡·.I'li

):;S, W!lO.

\'Iith a f.:·v mor", U'crc

c"n·,'!rt ·

t~l~

f";l:o.e uf t!Jrte ye..tfs; ae the (':1CI uf

wJIi.h,

;.!~hlmr.::.!

!: ..

~·r.';1

2.!

I.~ I::,¡-~c,

fu!Ji,:l.:ct in·

4 )

]V[

A 1I

terd l tO

fuppon

him. made his mifiion no Jong:r

(ceret .

out

í!f\'¡:

Out

th:\t Cod had commanJed him

aclmooiO.

his nCM rclalior.s.

and.

in order tO do it with more coo–

ven:cnce a!ld jlrofpc[t of (neeers, he diretl.:d Alí to pn!.

pare a:l cntcrl3.ínna:nt,

and invite

lhe:

Cons

and

deCecn.

d,ln;.s of Abd':dmot:dleb,

in:endiog Ihen

open

his

m:nu

thc:l1: this was

d~nt',

and about forty

lhcm

c,lme; uut

Abu

L3h~b.

Q'IIIIa,

of his uncles, making lhe

co'npany br:!:\1c.

before l\Ioharnmed had an opporm.

ni!y of Cpe.kiog. obliged 4in1 to give them a Cecoud tovi–

tation the oeXI day.: and when they werc come, he mi!.de

tltetO tlle followiog Ipeeeh : .. 1 koow 00 m,o io ,11 Ara–

hi<l; who

can

ofTer his kiodrcd a more excellent

lhing

than

n()w do

yOIl: 1

oITa

you

happ:nc(s both in

Ibis líf.:,

and in t!l.H which is lO come ; Uod

AIDllghty

In.l h eom–

manded me:: to caJl you

UntO

him :

\ Vho

therefore

amoos

you will be

affiO:ant

me herein, and become my bro–

ther and my viccgerc,1t ?" AH of them hefitf\ting. and

d~cI:ning

the matter, AJí al length rore up, :tnd deehred

thar he \Vonld be his af!iOant: and vehemently

thrc;uen–

thoCe who flteuld oppoC. him. flloh.mmed ""Í>on thi,

embraced

Ali with greílt demonllralions

Qf..

arr~élion,

and

defired all \Vho were prefent

he:Hken"to

3!ftI

obcyhim,

his

dcpu ty

at which

Ihe company

broke out inro a great

latt;:t1t<~,

ttlliog Abu Taleb tlt.. he mu(l now pay obe–

di..:nee to his foo.

T his repulfe however \Vas

far from difcou rl1giog

M ohammed. th.. he began

pre.eh

io publie to th. peo–

ple.

who heard

him with

Come

paliencc. liJI

he came

upbraid thetO with the idolatry. obrJinaey. • nd perverCe.

n<Cs of thetnrelve, and their fathers; "hieh (o highly

provoked ,hem. th.. they declJred ,hemCe/ves hi, ene·

mie" and

would

Coon

have procurcd his ruin, h:ld he

OO! beeo pro,eéted by Abu T . leb. The chief of the

Korciflt warntly Colieited this per(on tO deCert his oe–

pl)l~\\"

m:lki ng

frcc¡uenl remonHranecs againfl

the

¡ono–

\'a'i on~

WIS ::I.t1empling;

which proviog inefFeélual,

the)' at lC'nglh t1l1 c:tlened him with ao open rupture,

he ,lid no!

prev.il

00 Moh,,,,",,d toderon. At ,his Abu

T aleo w"'

C:"

moved. th ... he e;trn<flIy diffoaded his

nephcw from purfuing (he a(

fJ.ir

any

f.uther.

reprerenting

the

~rcat

danr.er

he 2nd his friench mutt othenviCe runo

But M"hJmmed

W2S

not to be intimidated, telling his

unr.Je

rIJinlj',

10&11

10t)' frl

!1u

(un

(1C(linjJ

him

011

hir

rigl l I nnd, und

Ihr

1/1'1011

(¡/I

hir [rlt, he 'Would nol le:Jt'r

(" Jla/,ri=r.'

:\110 Abu T aleb, C::cing h:m

firml y

rd(JI"cd tO pl'o-:ecd, ufcd no

funher

arg:,rnents, bUl pro·

OlIf(.,J

n,mo by

hi:n

i\~:linfl

aH his c:ocmies,

The:

Kcrdfll.

lindio:!

they could

prc"ail

neith~r

fai r

words

~or

mcnac.:s.

tli~ rl \~h:'It

tll ! )'

cnll!tI

do hy f:,rce

ami

ilJ

trc:nmCnl;

ufing

l\ Ioh¡.¡mmec's f!lllo\\ers {o ,'ery

ir,juriu:lf1y,

that it

WilS

not r.lfe for

t!,~m

tO condnue iH

l\kccíl

rt"y

J.lOgcr¡ \'Ihe rclIflan J'\ (o!;lIInmcc!

&3\'(

le,lve

(O fueh of them

:IS

h,;cI

nOl

rri-;:nds

ro prott'lt

l!:COl

Ccck (or

refu!;c

dr~\~'hí"r~ ,

.\ 11(:

acc(1t.:in~ly.

the

firth

ye.. :" of ,he pm2hcl's

milTion, fiuel"n

rhtm,

fo~'r

""hom

\'.'ert'

WO·-11.!n,

flccl imo ElhiuriJ;

:lr.,;

:l0l1Jng

lh: l:1

·hn1.lo

f!ln

Ar..n and

h¡~

\\iíc

l:t'

¡.dl,

l\.~

>hitnHlInl's

d;u~~H"r,

T h;,

'\.:$

die

fid~

fI'[:.'u: I

aria.\afd~

le·

"!.;,)

Otlll!~.

fulhwco

t!':cm, relirin

on~

:ifu. r

anc,lher,

l!l.:'

n:ll;)~:r

e;g',,),

Ihrec men an.i

("gh'~cn

W:lmcfI.

u;¡iJ.