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from traders returning from Mecca of a man claiming to be a Prophet and
that he denounced idol worship and preached the Oneness of Allah. She
also remembered how it had caused such an upheaval in her community
as the Prophet was an Arab, a descendant of Ishmael rather than a Jew
descended from Isaac.
She also remembered how, at the age of ten, she had seen both her father
and uncle journey from Medina to prove to themselves that the rumors
where unfounded. Both of them knew the characteristics of the expected
Prophet as well as the signs to look for as they were recorded in their
scriptures, and his expected arrival was a constant topic for discussion
amongst the Jews.
Upon their return Safiyah had been unable to comprehend their reaction
and even more so their state of depression. In the purity of her heart, she
had expected them either to return with the news that he either fulfilled or
did not fulfill the conditions in the scriptures, but they were silent and their
silence puzzled her.
that he denounced idol worship and preached the Oneness of Allah. She
also remembered how it had caused such an upheaval in her community
as the Prophet was an Arab, a descendant of Ishmael rather than a Jew
descended from Isaac.
She also remembered how, at the age of ten, she had seen both her father
and uncle journey from Medina to prove to themselves that the rumors
where unfounded. Both of them knew the characteristics of the expected
Prophet as well as the signs to look for as they were recorded in their
scriptures, and his expected arrival was a constant topic for discussion
amongst the Jews.
Upon their return Safiyah had been unable to comprehend their reaction
and even more so their state of depression. In the purity of her heart, she
had expected them either to return with the news that he either fulfilled or
did not fulfill the conditions in the scriptures, but they were silent and their
silence puzzled her.