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120 The Life of Muhammad
son that I should feed him for you, and should I give you my son that you
should kill him? By God, this shall never be.' Al-Mu!,im b. 'AdlY said,
'Your people have treated you fairly and have taken pains to avoid what
you dislike. I do not think that you are willing to accept anything from
them.' Abu Talib replied, 'They have not treated me fairly, by God, but
you have agreed to betray me and help the people against mc, so do what
you like,' or words to that effect. So the situation worsened, the quarrel
became heated and people were sharply divided, and openly showed their
animosity to their opponents. Abu Talib wrote the following verses,
indirectly attacking Mufim, and including those who had abandoned him
from the