—ruin for your own people, your clan, and the corruption they have bred.

Abu Talib replied, “I have come only to offer you a proposal that is fair to both sides. My nephew has informed me—and he has never lied to me—that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has declared Himself free of the document you now hold. He has erased from it every mention of His name, leaving nothing but your treachery, your severing of kinship bonds with us, and your joint oppression of us. If what my nephew has said proves true, then come to your senses, for by Allah we shall never surrender him to you until the last one of us has perished. But if what he has said is false, we will hand him over to you, and you may kill him or, if you wish, spare his life.”

They answered, “We agree to what you propose.” They opened the scroll and found that the Truthful and Trustworthy—may blessings and peace be upon him—had indeed spoken exactly about its contents.

When Quraysh saw it exactly as Abu Talib had described, they exclaimed, “By Allah, it…"