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them in their homes and gatherings and tell them things (about their idols) that upset
them. Don‟t you think you stop this?” The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, raised his eyes to the heavens and said, “I am unable to forsake the responsibility I
have been sent to fulfill (the worship of false gods) just as any of you are unable to
harness a spark of flame from the sun.” Abu Talib, said (to the Korayshis who were still
there), “I swear by Allah that my nephew never lies. So return to your homes peacefully.”
In the narration of Bayhaqi it states that Abu Talib called for the Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, and told him that the people had come to him and
reported what he had been saying to them. Abu Talib said, “Have mercy on me and on
yourself and do not cast on me a burden that neither of us can bear. Refrain from telling
the people things they dislike.” When the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, heard this, he thought that his uncle had changed his mind, and stop assisting him,
and that perhaps he would hand him over to the people, or that he had lost his courage
to support him. The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, “O my
uncle, even if the sun were placed in my right hand and the moon in my left hand, I
would not forsake this work (preaching) until Allah makes it (His religion) prevail,” and
the eyes of the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, filled with tears and
he began to shed tears. As the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
them. Don‟t you think you stop this?” The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, raised his eyes to the heavens and said, “I am unable to forsake the responsibility I
have been sent to fulfill (the worship of false gods) just as any of you are unable to
harness a spark of flame from the sun.” Abu Talib, said (to the Korayshis who were still
there), “I swear by Allah that my nephew never lies. So return to your homes peacefully.”
In the narration of Bayhaqi it states that Abu Talib called for the Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, and told him that the people had come to him and
reported what he had been saying to them. Abu Talib said, “Have mercy on me and on
yourself and do not cast on me a burden that neither of us can bear. Refrain from telling
the people things they dislike.” When the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, heard this, he thought that his uncle had changed his mind, and stop assisting him,
and that perhaps he would hand him over to the people, or that he had lost his courage
to support him. The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, “O my
uncle, even if the sun were placed in my right hand and the moon in my left hand, I
would not forsake this work (preaching) until Allah makes it (His religion) prevail,” and
the eyes of the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, filled with tears and
he began to shed tears. As the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,