It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: One day I was in the Masjid when Abu Jahl came and said: "By Allah, if I see Muhammad in prostration, I will trample on his neck." I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of what Abu Jahl had said. He (peace and blessings be upon him) came out in a state of anger and came to the Masjid. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was in such a hurry to enter that, rather than the door, he leapt over the wall and went in. I said (to myself): Today is a day of some great trial. So I tightened my waist-wrapper and followed him (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered and recited these verses: "Read in the name of your Lord who created. He created man from a clinging clot" [Surah al-Alaq: 1-2] . When he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the verse concerning Abu Jahl: "No! Indeed, man transgresses, because he sees himself self-sufficient" [Surah al-Alaq: 6-7] , a man said to Abu Jahl: O Abu al-Hakam, this is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Abu Jahl said: Do you not see what I see? By Allah, all the paths of the horizon of the sky have been blocked for me. Then when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the end of the surah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of transmission, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.