1000000031

l\I

A 11

( a

ed up

c\'cr)'

Iu.ir

lhat (di from him wil" nre:\l rupuOition.

I n th:: ft \'cnth

yC.lr

of tht

I: ..

jri't. I\foharnmcd he::!ln

to think of propagatint: his

di¡;,u

lh::yC'lnd

(he

bO\1nds

A r.\bia, aod fl'ot

mdl:'-ngeis

Ihe ncishbouring

pijnces.

with len a s

100'itc

th~m

~i(lh'lInm\.,lir01 .

No ..

was

this projl,.'{t

widlOut

foml! fuc.:efs. Khofru P

"n-ji,

lht n

king of PCf'lfa. rec(iveJ his

Jl!u er

with

creat

difJclin, ólnd

t Of'!

él

p"fliol1,

fc:nding

4\\\'1)'

the O1dl'cnger

vcry

ab–

r uplly ; which wlten Mohammtd hcarJ , hl!

fain,

C"d

h.dl

l(Qr bis lingó!),,, ,

:\nd foon aflcr a

mclr~ngc:r

carne

l O

l\lohí\OlO1cd (ram

J'hdh:ln

ki:1& of

YOII01an,

\Vho

\VitS a

dependent

DO l h e

Pelri.tns,

IC"tju.!int

hilO that he had

recl!iven orders

re"eI

h ilO 10

t:hOCiU.

~1ohílmmcd

pUl

'Off

his ;mfwer till lhe

"CXI

morn:ng . and lhen told the

rndfengcr it h"d becn rc'·c..lcd to him lhal night that

K hofru \Vas Odin by his fun Shiruych

adding. that he

w.s

weJl allured

his

n~w

religioo and empire fl\Ollhl riCe

to as great a heicht as that o( Khci¡n ;

:J.nd

lhucforc bid

him advife his mafier

c:nbract l\'lohJOlIl)«difm.

T hc

metrenger being returned. H3dh:J.n in a (e w

,d"'a)'s

reeeivcd a

lelter (rom Shiruyeh, inCorming him or his rmhcr's dCilth,

aDd orderínR him tO givc lhe ptophct no runhcr

dillul'b–

anee. ' Vh..:rcupon Jj,¡dh"n and lhe Pc:rfi.lnz with hiOl

l urncd l\lohanln\ed3ns.

T he emperor Heraclius , as

t!H~

Arabian hiflorians atrure

US,

reeeived Moh2mrm::d's Icu er Wilh grc3t rerpea, laying

il on his pillow, and difmitrcd lhe bearer hClnour.tuly.

A nd fome pretend thal he \Vould ha\'e prorerf"d this ocw

f. ith, had he not becn . fraid of

lor.ng

h;. erown,

Mohammed wrote to the

f.mc

c(fea to the killg of E ·

thiopia. thol1gh he had bc<"n converted befare, ae.:ording

t O

the Arab writers; :1nd tO l\ lokawkas, gO\lernor o(

E–

gyp:, who g;we lhe meITenger

,'ety f2\!ourable reccption,

• nd ren, fe\'eral ••Iuable prerents ' o Moh.mmed, .nd •.

rnong the

nfi

{wo

~irls,

oneor which, named

~1ary,

be·

came a gre2.t favouri le with him. He airo fent Icncrs of

1he like purpnn to fe\'eral Arah prinees ; panieultlrly one

tO al Harc,h Ebn Abi Sha"'<r king of Gha(fc.n, who re·

·turniog for aof\Ver that he \l/ould go tOMohammed him·

relf, the prorh.t

r.id,

M ,'J hÍJ lingdolll /,uifh;

. no,her

' o Ihwdh, Ebn Ali, king of

amam., who

w., •

Chri·

/li.n, .nd, h••ing ronte time bcfo,c profe(fcd IO.mirm, h. d

Jatdy returneu to

his

rormer fa¡lh; Ihis luioce feot bacl:

a very rough :mfwer

upoo which

~1oha",med eurfin~

him,

he dird roon ¡rter

and a third

al i\Iondar Ebn Sawa.

king of Hah"in, who cmbraccd Muh.mmedifm, and

.11

, he Arab.

th.. eountry followcd his example.

T he

ei~hth

ye:tr of lhe HejrCl was a

\'ery

fonunate

ye~r

lohammed. l nthe

be~inningof

¡t,

Khaled:Elm

. 1 \v.lid .nd Amru Eb, .1 As, bo h cxeell<nt

r~ldicr',

the

{ir(t

whom afterw;ucis conqucreci Syri:J and

othcr

cnuntries, and lhe h ler

E~ypl,

bccame profcl)'lcs of

]I1nh.mmedifm . And roon after thc prophet ('nt

'l000

mco

:1~O\¡nn

Ihe Greci.t.o forcrs, to re\'cngc the dC;llh of

0 0 :

of his ambalfadors. \'.'ho ueing fent

Ihcgo\·crnor of

Horraon rhe r.'n1cerrand :\sthnfe \\ho .... cm

theahO\'e–

mtnlioned princt:S. were flain

J\r;,;b.

Ihe

trihe of

(,;h'1lf ..n, :JI ¡,luta. a town in the:: territnry of 13:'\II:a in

~yr'a.

alma,

thrtl~ rl.lys

journey

c~nw~rd

{n·m

ruC"lt m,

nCOI:r w"¡eh

10·..

:n hty encounto:.

r~J.

11"

G rcci..

n~ ~ins

7.fiIy

furcnor in num!.<.r (Cor, inclcding th . o>:i1i.try

j\.[

A H

.~ r,.b"

,he)' h,,,1 , n . r",y uC

' 00,000

mon) the Mull. m–

mt:dar.s \Vere: rcpullcd in lhe

fil'lt

at t:l~

k, 3ntl loH fuccc.t'·

1Í\'dy

duce (Ir ch(ir gencrals ,

,·iz.

Zcid Eb:l H.lrctha.

~loh'1rl",e-d's frc:cdm.~n,

j.t:\(Jr

th"! (un

úf

Abu " ,\I"b

anJ .\ I"I.tllah Ebn R.w.h.; hut

Kh.lu

l Ehn

di \\

"lid,

fu.:cecdll1g tO lhe comn1And ,

oV("

lhre\\l d,c G rceks with

gr~'al

n.lnghtt!f, aud brought a\V.' y abundanee of rieh

C"oil; on o\'ealÍon or

wl~

al'lion M:oh:llnmed

g:tve

him

lile

hCIOou ra!"le litl:

Seif min (oyuf Allah,

on:

Ihe

['WorJJ oí

t1l1S

year <e lfo Mohanl1H:d look the eity of Meee1,

the

inh~bitan"'tsr

\I.'he::reof lud broken lhe u

UC(

eonclut..lcJ

on two years befare. For the tribe

Beer, who were

confc:dcr,ttcs \Vilh the J(orciOI, aU:lcking Ihofe ofK hoz:,¡ah.

who wer• • lIies of Moh. mmed, kdlcll re.eral of tht'm,

bcing rupl'on cd in ,he ,aion by a pany of the KorciOt

tll ~~nlch'cs.

'fhe ::onfc<,!uenee of lhis viohu ion

W.IS

roan

.pprehendcd; and

.'\uu

Solian hi",rd f mAde . jOt"

lIey

~1 edina

on pur;:ofe

he:\1

the

bre:lch and renuv lhe:

truce; bUl in v,¡in : rm

Moh..

mmed, glld ofthis oppon uni.

ty, rcfufccl

fee him : wherellpon he..2.iplied ,o Abu Beer

and t\li

but

th~y

(living

h'm

no ann'Vú , he was obli¡;ed

rctnrn

l\tceca as

Moh:\mmed

immediau.ly

g:\ve orSers ror prep'lration,

lO be

m;u:tc,

Ihar

",ighl furpn fc the Meee;],ns

w..ile

,hey werc ur.Vro\,jdcd

t O

reeci\'e him : in

linle lime

bq~an

his march thilher, and by ,hal time he eame

roea:- lhe city his forees \Vere inercared to

10,000

men o

T hore of Mecea, being not in

~ eor.dit:on

'o derend them–

rel.es

ag.infl ro (ormi,lable an arOly, rurrendercd

dir–

erc,ion

and 1\b.1Sofian f"ved his Jife by turning Mo·

hammed;tn. AboUl twenty· e¡ght of lhe ¡dolaten ""ere

kdled by a pan )' under the eomm. nd of Khaled ; bu' thi•

h:lpper,cd contrary

t O

l\10h2mmed's order" who, whcñ

he entered lhe lown, p:udoned

all

,he K9reilh ,

.on

their

fi\bmiflioo, exee("t only fix men and four \'lomen, who

\Vcle more chnoxious than ordinary (fome oflhem having

apoOatir.d) ,nd

were

foleOlnly proreribed by the propllet

I.¡mfelf

bUl of lhefe no more ,h..

lhretmen and one

woman

\Vefe:

put to dc;,th. lhe ren oblilining pardon on

theircmbr:lcin& Mohamml.difnt, and one o( lhe

WOlne n

ma.

kinJ: hcr clcélpe.

The rem.indcr of ,his ye" Moh'OImed employed in

ddlro)'inr. the idol. in .nd round

1eee.,

fending lev.ral

his ¡;coerals on expedidons ror thal purpofe, and to

in"ite lile Araus

IO.qnifm ; wher(Ín it is no wonder

the\, no\" mel

Wllh

fucl,;l!fs.

' f he nex[ yur,

Ix:ing

the ninth

<JI

lhe Hejra,

lhe

l\loh:tmmc:::dans c:\1I

Ih~

) ...

·dr

('lI!b".!ü,:

ror lhe

Anl ,

h:ul bel.n

hith~rtn

cxr.:tlinJ; the ilfuc oC Ihe war helween

II10hantn,cd .nd the Korcifh;

but,

ro roon as th.. tribe

the prir.eipal of

th(

",hole n:\tion,

a,ul

the gcnuint: de:

ferndAnts of

Hhm:!(~:I,

""hoft prerog:tIl\'U none ofTtnd to

(~ifr\ltc.

h;ul fubmiw.:d, t!tey .... ere fittisfieci

Ih3\

it \\';u nOl

in Iheir

~owcr

t.o 0r pofc

~1(1haO\mc:::J.

and tht:rcrorc bC'r.:\n

come

mIO

hun

~rC;H

numuelS, "nJ 10 rcnd cmb.lfliC',

milkt! lh ir fubmif1ic..us

(ti

him, bolh

?l;cccA, \',tule

11e " ..

íel

du'rc, "nJ alfo

II'clln~,

whilhcr he reuHnl.'d

litis ye,lr.

J'~11100~

lhe

rtU;

fi"e

klO~s

uf 1111:

Irllle

of Ila.

Olj'U

pror

·f1c.cl

...

1oh~mnlt.Jifm,

antI

f~nl

óllU'

3!f.dors

o~'i(y

the

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