You -asws come to me to ask me regarding your property...

You -asws come to me to ask me regarding your property, and I have come to destroy your -asws honour and the honour of your -asws people, which they are being distinguished by from every generation, and it is the House which they come to Hajj for from every idol in the earth, but you -asws leave asking me regarding that and instead you -asws ask me regarding your -asws property?’ فقال له عبد المطلب: لست برب البيت الذي قصدت لهدمه، و أنا رب سرحي الذي أخذه أصحابك، فجئت أسألك فيما أنا ربه، و للبيت رب هو أمنع له من الخلق كلهم، و أولى [به‏] منهم So Abdul Muttalib -asws said to him: ‘I -asws am not the Lord -azwj of the House which you intend to destroy, but I -asws am a lord of my -asws property which your companions have taken.

Thus I -asws came to ask you regarding what I -asws am the Lord of, and for the House (Kabah) there is a Lord -azwj for it. He -azwj would Protect it from the creatures, all of them, and is Higher by it from them’. فقال الملك: ردوا إليه سرحه، فردوه إليه و انصرف إلى مكة، و أتبعه الملك بالفيل الأعظم مع الجيش لهدم البيت So the king said, ‘Return to him -asws his -asws property’. So they returned it back to him -asws , and he -asws left to go to Makkah.

And the king followed him -asws with the huge elephant along with his army to destroy the House (Kabah).

فكانوا إذا حملوه على دخول الحرم أناخ، و إذا تركوه رجع مهرولا، فقال عبد المطلب لغلمانه: ادعوا لي‏ ابني، فجي‏ء بالعباس، فقال: ليس هذا أريد، ادعوا لي ابني، فجي‏ء بأبي طالب، فقال: ليس هذا أريد، ادعوا لي ابني، فجي‏ء بعبد الله أبي النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله)، فلما أقبل إليه، قال: اذهب يا بني حتى تصعد أبا قبيس ، ثم اضرب ببصرك ناحية البحر، فانظر أي شي‏ء يجي‏ء من هناك، و خبرني به So before he carried on to enter the Sanctuary, he tied it, and if it had been left it would have rushed back.

Abdul Muttalib -asws said to his -asws servant: ‘Call my -asws son for me -asws ’. So he came with Al-Abbas. He -asws said: ‘This is not the one I -asws intended. Call my -asws son -asws for me -asws ’. So he came with Abu Talib -asws . He -asws said: ‘This is not the one I -asws intended. Call my -asws son -asws for me -asws . So he came with Abdullah -asws , father -asws of the Prophet -saww .

When he -asws was in front of him -asws , he -asws (Abdul Muttalib -asws ) said: ‘O my -asws son -asws ! Go and ascend Mount Abu Qubays, then turn your -asws vision towards the ocean. So Look and see which thing is coming from over there, and give me -asws the news of it’.