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I am made to receive….” This orchard belonged to the sons (Utbah and
Shaibah) of a person (Abd Manaf) who belonged to the Quraysh and when
they found out how one of their own tribesman had been insulted and
humiliated, they sent their Christian slave who went by the name of
Addas with a handful of grapes. After saying, Bismillah (‘in the name of
Allah’), the Holy Prophet began eating. The words caught the attention of
Addas. He had never heard anyone utter those words before. “Nobody
around here knows or says that word”, he mumbled, which he followed up
by asking, “You are different from those around here. May I ask who you
are?” The Holy Prophet replied with a question “Where are you from?
And what is your religion?” Addas replied “I am from Nayanvah and I am
a Christian”. The Holy Prophet stated “So you are from the town of the
righteous Yunus ibn Matta…” Addas was now all the more amazed and
said “How do you know Yunus?” The Holy Prophet replied: “Yunus is my
brother. He was a prophet and so am I”. Thereupon, the founts of faith
began bursting out from the heart of Addas, and excitedly getting up at
his feet, he seized the hands of the Prophet -upon him blessings and
peace- and pronounced the words of tawhid. Later, Angel Jibreel came to
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and told him that if he wished,
Allah could order an angel to collapse the two mountains surrounding the
people of Taif and crush them. The Prophet replied that he would rather
pray for their progeny to be amongst the believers. Holy Prophet now was
concerned about his visit back to Makkah as he had no protection over
their now. He moved away from Taif and settled in a place called Nakhla.
Here he recited Quran and a group of Jinns came to hear him. They went
back to their clan and told them about how they heard the word of Allah
and invited their kinsmen to testify to the faith. This has been discussed
in the Quran in Surah Al-Ahqaf which states "Behold, We turned towards
thee a company of Jinns (quietly) listening to the Quran: when they stood
in the presence thereof, they said, 'Listen in silence!' When the (reading)
was finished, they returned to their people, to warn (them of their sins).
They said, 'O our people! We have heard a Book revealed after Moses,