Mujahid says: An elder who had experienced the Age of Ignorance narrated to us while we were in the battle of Rodes. This elder was called Ibn ‘Abas. He said: I was driving a cow belonging to my family when I heard this voice from its belly:“O family of Dharih! This is eloquent speech; a man is proclaiming ‘La ilaha illallah’ (There is no god but Allah).”Then, when we came to Mecca, we found the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the state that he had already proclaimed prophethood in Mecca.