The proposal
All the means that Quraish employed to deter Muhammad from spreading his message and to stop new people from accepting Islam had failed. Hence, Quraish decided to adopt a new method. The chiefs of Quraish got together and put up a proposal.
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The chiefs of Quraish went to Abu Talib, Muhammad's uncle. They told him that they have agreed to give Muhammad whatever he wanted in exchange of leaving his message. They told Abu Talib to tell Muhammad that if he so wished, they would crown him as a king over Mecca, they would give him as much money as he wanted and they get him any woman he liked to marry.
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Abu Talib conveyed the message to Muhammad. Muhammad replied: " By Allah! O my uncle! Had they placed the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left hand, in exchange of leaving this matter, I would not leave it until Allah aids it with victory or I should die conveying the message".
After this incident, Quraish intensified their persecution against Muslims in a hopeless attempt to deter new people from entering the faith of Islam.
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