I have only invited them to a single statement—one word—through which the Arabs will yield to them and the non-Arabs will hand over the jizyah.”

He asked, “And what is that?”

He replied, “Lā ilāha illā Allah (There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah).”

At this they sprang to their feet, protesting,

“Has he reduced all the gods to one God?!” [Ṣād: 5]

He went on to say—and the following was revealed:

“Ṣād. By the Qurʾān, full of reminder…” [Ṣād: 1]

all the way to His words:

“Indeed, this is truly an astounding thing.” [Ṣād: 5]

In the Ṣaḥīḥ of Ibn Ḥibbān it is related from Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Khālid, from Qays ibn Abī Ḥāzim, who said: “When ʿĀʾishah approached, she stopped at one of the watering places…”