The Prophet in Makkah

he (the Prophet) had conquered Makkah and won control of the Ka’bah. “If you live, you will see this happen,” the Prophet said. Dhu’l Jawshan says that later he was with his family in Ghawr when a rider appeared. Dhu’l Jawshan asked him what was afoot. “Muhammad has conquered Makkah and taken control of the Sacred Territory,” he said. “Woe betides me,” Dhu’l Jawshan said. “If only I had accepted Islam on that day: if I had asked Muhammad for an emerald, he would have given it to me.115 Reaction to the Message of Islam When the Prophet of Islam commenced his preaching mission, he met with exactly the reaction one would expect from a society hearing a new message. People were at a loss to grasp the meaning of his teachings. Once, the Quraysh nobility sent ‘Utbah ibn Rabi’ah as their representative to the Prophet. He made a long denunciation of the Prophet and his teachings. When he had had his say, the Prophet asked him: “Have you finished?” ‘Utbah said that he had. “In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful,” the Prophet began, and then went on to recite the first thirteen verses of the chapter of the Quran entitled Ha Mim al Sajdah. “Don’t you have anything else to say?” ‘Utbah asked indignantly. The Prophet said that he did not. When he returned to the Quraysh, they asked him what had happened, “I said whatever you would have