PROPHET MUHAMMAD: The Messenger of Peace

THE OPPOSITION INTENSIFIES were to place the sun on my right and the moon on my left, I would not give up my mission. I must go on carrying it out until I die.” Abu Talib, touched by the sincerity and force of the words uttered by his nephew, remained motionless for a while. Then he turned to the Prophet and said: “My nephew, go your way. Do your duty. Let my people turn against me. I am with you. No one shall harm you as long as I live.” (Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah - Ibn Hisham, Vol. 1, p. 240) THE OPPOSITION INTENSIFIES When the Quraysh saw that the pressure on Abu Talib had failed, they made life unbearable for the Prophet and his followers. Slaves, the weakest sections of society, were the worst sufferers. Their masters beat them brutally, and some were beaten to death. However, they suffered all this patiently. So Abu Bakr spent much of his wealth on freeing these enslaved people.