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sign to mankind} [Surah Maryam (19): 21], meaning: as a proof and an indication of<br />
<strong>Al</strong>laah’s evident power, {and a mercy from Us}, meaning: through him, <strong>Al</strong>laah will give<br />
mercy to whomever He تعاىل wishes.<br />
<strong>Al</strong>so, Ibn Is-ḥaaq then mentioned that al-Waleed Ibn al-Mugheerah said: ‘Does <strong>Al</strong>laah<br />
send revelation to Muḥammad and not to me, even though I am elder and chief of<br />
Quraish? And does He also ignore Abu Mas`ood `Amr Ibn `Amr 275 al-Thaqafee, the chief<br />
تعاىل of Thaqeef tribe, even though we are great men of these two towns?’ 276 So, <strong>Al</strong>laah<br />
revealed the following:<br />
﴿وَقَال واُلَو ّلَ ُن زِّلَ ُهَىذَاُال ق ر آن ُعَلَىُرَج ل ُمِّنَُال قَر يَتَنيُِعَظِيم ُ*ُأَه م ُيَق سِ م ونَُرَمح َتَ ُرَُبِّكَ َُُۖنَ ن ُقَسَم نَاُ<br />
بَي نَه مُمَّعِيشَتَه م ُفِ ُاحل َيَاةُِالدُّن يَاُُۖوَرَفَع نَاُبَع ضَه م ُفَو قَ ُبَع ض ُدَرَجَات ُلِّيَتَّخِ ذَُبَع ض ه مُبَع ض اُس خ رِيًّاُُۖ<br />
وَرَمح َت ُرَبِّكَ ُخَي ر ُِمَِّّاُيَ مَع ونَُ﴾<br />
{And they say: “Why is not this Qur’aan sent down to some great man of the two<br />
towns?” Is it they who would portion out the Mercy of your Lord? It is We Who<br />
portion out between them their livelihood in this world, and We raised some of them<br />
above others in ranks, so that some may employ others in their work. But the Mercy<br />
(Paradise) of your Lord (O Muḥammad) is better than the (wealth of this world)<br />
which they amass.} [Surah al-Zukhruf (43): 31-32]<br />
Ibn Is-ḥaaq also mentioned that `Uqbah Ibn Abee Mu`ait went to the Prophet ﷺ and<br />
listened to the Qur’aan. Ubay Ibn Khalaf was informed about this. So Ubay went to<br />
`Uqbah and said: ‘I do not want to hear ever again that you sat down with Muḥammad<br />
or listened to him! I will never face you again nor speak to you till you spit in his face!’<br />
So, the enemy of <strong>Al</strong>laah, `Uqbah Ibn Abee Mu`ait did that, may <strong>Al</strong>laah’s curse be upon<br />
him. 277 So <strong>Al</strong>laah تعاىل sent down the following Aayaat:<br />
275 (Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee said): This is how Ibn Katheer mentioned his name, but in “al-<strong>Seerah</strong>” (1/387) of Ibn<br />
Hishaam, it is Abu Mas`ood `Amr Ibn `Umair al-Thaqafee, and this is more correct. Ibn Jareer, Ibn Abee Ḥaatim,<br />
and others have reported a few narrations in which the names of these two men differ. But most of these<br />
narrations refer that one of them was al-Waleed Ibn al-Mugheerah.<br />
276 (Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee said): Reported in “al-<strong>Seerah</strong>”… [TN: There has been a printing error, and this footnote<br />
was incomplete]<br />
277 [TN: `Uqbah Ibn Abee Mu`ait is the same person who tried to strangle the Prophet .ﷺ See chapter No. 28]<br />
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