The History of al-Tabari Vol. 6: Muhammad at Mecca by W. Montgomery Watt & M. V. McDonald

Author:W. Montgomery Watt & M. V. McDonald
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1987-08-01T06:00:00+00:00

Khadījah the First to Believe in the Messenger of God

Abū Ja'far (al-Ṭabarī): God commanded his Prophet to rise up and to warn his people that God would punish them for their ingratitude to their Lord and for their worship of false gods and idols to the exclusion of Him who created them and gave them their daily bread. He was also to tell them of his Lord's bounty to himself, with the words: "Of the bounty of your Lord let your discourse be." According to Ibn Ishaq, this refers to his prophethood.122

Ibn Ḥumayd—Salamah—Ibn Isḥāq: The words "Of the bounty of your Lord let your discourse be" mean "Of God's bounty and generosity in bestowing Prophethood upon you, Let your discourse be," that is, "proclaim it and summon people to it." Thereupon the Messenger of God began to proclaim God's bounty to himself and to (God's) servants in conferring prophethood upon him. He did this in private to those of his family who trusted in him. It is related that of God's creatures the first to hold him truthful, to believe in him, and to follow him was his wife Khadījah.

Al-Ḥārith—Ibn Sa'd—al-Wāqidī: Our fellow scholars are agreed that the first of the people of the Qiblah to respond to the Messenger of God was Khadījah bt. Khuwaylid.

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