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"Proclaim then, what you are commanded and turn away from the unbelievers.
We suffice you against those who mock,

and those who set up other gods with Allah,
indeed, they will soon know.

Indeed, We know your chest is straitened by that they say."
Koran 15:94-97

Abu Jahl - the Father of Ignorance

Amr, Hisham's son, was an influential, power-seeking young man of the Makhzum tribe.
He was the grandson of Mughirah and nephew of Waleed, the now elderly chieftain of
his tribe.

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Amr had amassed considerable wealth and was, to those who had not earned his anger,