Holy Prophet Muhammad and His Teachings — Page 28
28 for preaching the worship of One God and the acquisition of high moral qualities, but neither his own sufferings nor those of his followers and dear ones interfered with his high and noble purpose. After three years of continuous persecution the tardy humanity of some of the. Meccan chiefs rebelled against this tyranny, and they tore up the covenent into which they had entered. The Holy Prophet and his companions then left the valley into which they had withdrawn, but his old uncle and his faithful wife could not escape the effects of this long period of persecution, and died shortly after. . His Journey to Taif. . Perceiving the hostility of the Meccans towards his teachings, the Holy Prophet (on whom the peace and the blessings of God) thought of addressing himself to other towns of Arabia, and journeyed to Taif to call its people to the worship of One God. Taif is an old town sixty miles distant from Mecca. When the word of God was preached to the people of this town, they proved more savage than the people of Mecca.