AFFIRMATION OF PROPHETHOOD

Affirmation of Prophethood ~ 271 ~ overflowing with blood. Whenever he sat down hoping to have some relief, the townspeople forced him to keep walking so that they could stone him on the move. They kept this up for three long miles until he was enveloped by the darkness of night. Bleeding and exhausted, he walked on until he came to the vineyard of ‘Utba ibn Rabia, a nobleman of Makkah, where he finally took shelter. Once he said to his wife, Aisha, “I have suffered what I have suffered from your people, but the hardest of these days was the day of Taif.” The Prophet continued to preach the word of God even in the face of such terrible persecution. Finally, the chiefs of all the tribes unanimously agreed that assassination was the only way to bring his missionary activities to an end. The house of the Prophet was then laid siege to by young men selected by the Quraysh from different tribes to waylay him and murder him. But, by the grace of God, the Prophet was able to slip away from his house and reach Madinah in safety. The Quraysh then resolved to wage war on him, and thus kept the Prophet and his companions