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Sometime later, the tribesmen returned to the anxious Jew and told him that a
son had indeed been born to Lady Amina, the widowed wife of Abdullah. The
Jew was apprehensive and asked them to take him to see the newly born, so
they went in haste to the house of Abu Talib.
When they arrived, Lady Amina presented her darling son to them and as the
cloth that covered him was rolled back the Jew saw the unmistakable mark and
fainted! When he regained consciousness he announced that the prophethood
had been taken away from the Children of Israel and declared: "O people of
Koraysh, by Allah, he will conquer you in a way that the news will traverse both
east and west!"
In those days it was the custom of noble and well to-do families to entrust their
newly born infants to the care of good families living far from Mecca where their
infants would be less likely to contract the many diseases that all too often
accompanied the pilgrims and traders who frequented the City.
son had indeed been born to Lady Amina, the widowed wife of Abdullah. The
Jew was apprehensive and asked them to take him to see the newly born, so
they went in haste to the house of Abu Talib.
When they arrived, Lady Amina presented her darling son to them and as the
cloth that covered him was rolled back the Jew saw the unmistakable mark and
fainted! When he regained consciousness he announced that the prophethood
had been taken away from the Children of Israel and declared: "O people of
Koraysh, by Allah, he will conquer you in a way that the news will traverse both
east and west!"
In those days it was the custom of noble and well to-do families to entrust their
newly born infants to the care of good families living far from Mecca where their
infants would be less likely to contract the many diseases that all too often
accompanied the pilgrims and traders who frequented the City.