Last Quraysh delegation to Abu Talib
آخر وفد لقريش إلى أبي طالب
c. 619 CE
A delegation of Quraysh notables visiting Abu Talib on his sickbed to seek a compromise with Muhammad; the Prophet answered by demanding a single word: 'La ilaha illa Allah'.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Connections
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Had participant
- MuhammadAbu Talib ibn Abd al-MuttalibUtba ibn Rabi'aShayba ibn Rabi'aAbu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)Umayya ibn KhalafAbu Sufyan ibn Harbal-As ibn Wa'ilQuraysh
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Revealed in
- Qur'an 38:5
People and things also explored
MeccaQurayshThe Battle of BadrThe plot at Dar al-NadwaThe boycott of the Banu HashimThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)The three years of the secret callThe Battle of Hunayn
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “Last Quraysh delegation to Abu Talib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/last-quraysh-delegation-to-abu-talib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.