It is narrated from Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that one day the Quraysh gathered together and said: Look for the one among you who is the greatest magician, soothsayer, and poet, and then let that person go to the man who has caused division in our group, has shattered our affairs, and has found fault in our religion. Then let that person speak with him and see what answer he gives. The people said: I do not know of anyone except Utbah bin Rabi’ah. The people said: O Abu al-Walid, it is you. So Utbah came to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Are you better or Abdullah? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. Then he said: Are you better or Abdul Muttalib? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) again remained silent. Then Utbah said: If you think that these people are better than you, then indeed they worshipped those deities whom you call defective. And if you think that you are better than them, then speak so that we may listen to you. By God, we have not seen in our people a more ill-omened kid (even) than you. You have caused division in our unity, shattered our affairs, found fault in our religion, and disgraced us among the Arabs, so much so that this matter is circulating among the Arabs that there is a magician among the Quraysh and a soothsayer among the Quraysh. By God! We are waiting for nothing but something like the cry of a pregnant woman, so that some of us may stand against others with swords until we are all destroyed. O man! If you desire manliness, then choose whichever woman you wish from among the women of Quraysh. We will marry you to ten women. And if you have any (financial) need, we will gather (so much) for you that you alone will be the richest among all the Quraysh. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Have you finished speaking? Utbah said: Yes! Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem { حم تَنْزِیلٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَن الرَّحِیمِ } until he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached this verse: { فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنْذَرْتُکُمْ صَاعِقَۃً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَۃِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ } Then Utbah said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): Enough, enough. Do you have anything besides this? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No! Utbah returned to the Quraysh. The Quraysh asked: What news do you bring? Utbah said: I have not left out anything that I thought you would want me to discuss with him, except that I have discussed it with him. The Quraysh said: Then did he answer you? Utbah said: Yes! (Then) Utbah said: By the One who established the Ka’bah, I did not understand anything from what he said except that he warns you of the thunderbolt of ‘Ad and Thamud. The Quraysh said: May you perish! A man speaks to you in Arabic and you do not know what he said? Utbah said: By God! I understood nothing from his speech except the thunderbolt.