The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume I — Page 228
Seal of the Prophets - Volume I 228 were slaves. 1 In any case, the Quraish of Makkah publicized this objection for some time, in an attempt to cool their hearts, but how could the fire that was not meant to be extinguished be put out? Allegation of being Childless During these days, among the Quraish there were some who attempted to console their hearts by the idea that Muḥammad [sa] is without heir and without progeny, and in a few days time his succession shall finish by itself. Upon this it was revealed that: Meaning, “O Muḥammad [sa] ! We have made thy progeny, and thy blessings and thy munificence long lasting. Therefore, spend freely, the powers of thy being, and thy progeny, and thy wealth, for these treasures shall not come to an end. However, the progenies of thy ill-wishing enemies shall be erased. ” 2 The glory in which this revelation was fulfilled in favour of the Holy Prophet sa , and the horror in which it was fulfilled for his enemies, is like an open page of history which requires no elaboration. The children of this very opposition entered the fold of Islām, and put a seal on the fact that not only the Quraish, rather, among all the tribes of Arabia, if there was anyone whose progeny remained, it was that of Muḥammad sa the Messenger of Allāh. Proposal of Compromise by the Quraish As mentioned above, during these days, the Quraish were greatly distressed and everyone was contemplating how to combat the religion brought by the Holy Prophet sa. In this tension, one day among the chieftains of the Quraish, Walīd bin Mughīrah, ‘ Āṣ bin Wā’il, Umaiyyah bin Khalaf, etc. , after consulting one another went to the Holy Prophet sa and said, “O Muḥammad [sa] , 1 * Tafsīrul-Baḥril-Muḥīṭ, By Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad bin Yūsuf, Volume 5, Tafsīru Sūratin-Nahl, Under verse 104 - Wa laqad Na‘lamu annahum Yaqūlūna. . . . . . , Maktabatu wa Maṭābi‘un-Naṣril- Ḥadīthiyyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia * Life of ‘Mahomet’, by Sir William Muir p. 65, Reprint of the 1894 Ed. , Published by Voice of India New Delhi 2 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Malik bin Hishām, pp. 284-285, Bābu Nuzūli Sūratil-Kauthar, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Al-Kauthar (108:2-4)