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The Messenger’s Name Spreads among the Tribes
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Local English translation from the Arabic text; variants and editorial abridgements are noted.
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As news of the Messenger spread through Arabia and reached distant lands, it reached Yathrib. The Aws and Khazraj knew of him especially well because they heard Jewish scholars speak of a coming Prophet; the Jews were their allies and lived among them. When the people of Yathrib heard of the dispute between Quraysh and the Messenger, Abu Qays ibn al-Aslat, of Banu Waqif, was mentioned.