Guillaume--Life of Muhammad.pdf - Radical Truth

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The Life of Muhammad
Did you drive me out of Mecca's vale' where I was safe
And make me live in a loathsome white castle. 1
You feather arrows, whose feathering will not help you;
You sharpen arrows, whose feathers are all for you;
You fight noble strong people
And destroy those from whom you once sought help.
You \vill know one day, when misfortune attacks you
And strangers betray you, what you have done.
Taym b. 'Amr, whom 'Dthman addresses, was Jumal;. His name was
Taym.
THE QURAYSH SEND TO ABYSSINIA TO GET THE
EMIGRANTS RETURNED
When Quraysh saw that the prophet's companions were safely ensconced
in Abyssinia and had found security there, they decided among themselves
to send two determined men of their number to the Negus to get them sent
back, so that they could seduce them from their religion and get them out of
the home in whi