If he wants status we are ready to accept him as our ruler...

If he wants status we are ready to accept him as our ruler and will listen to him. And in case he is invalid and needs medical treatment we will bring an expert physician to attend upon him............." Abu Talib turned his face to the Prophet and said: "The elders of your tribe have come and request that you should refrain from criticizing the idols so that they too may leave you alone". The Holy Prophet replied to his uncle thus: "I don't desire anything from them.

As against these four offers they should accept one word from me so that under its auspices they may rule the Arabs and make non-Arabs their camp followers". At this stage Abu Jahl stood up and said: "We are prepared to hear you ten times". The Prophet replied: "My only word is that you should admit Oneness of the Lord". The unexpected words of the Holy Prophet were like cold water thrown on a hot kettle.

They were so much engulfed in amazement coupled with disappointment and despair that they said involuntarily all at once: "Should we forsake 360 gods and worship only one Allah?" Quraysh left the house while their faces and eyes were burning with anger and they were thinking about the means for achieving their object.

In the following verses of the Holy Qur'an this very incident has been related: [^5] It seems strange to the pagans that a man from their own people should come to them as a Prophet. The unbelievers have said he is only a lying magician . They say Has he condemned all other gods but One? This is certainly strange . A group of the pagans walked out of a meeting with the Prophet and told others Let us walk away. Be steadfast in the worship of your gods. This man wants to dominate you.

We have heard nothing like this in the latest religion. This is only his own false invention. (Surah Sa'd, 38:4-7) Previous…