2. The Revelation and the Message

6. The revelation of the divine message, which continued for the next twenty-three years, had begun, and the Rasoolullah (خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَسَلَّمَ) had arisen to proclaim the Oneness of Allah and the unity of mankind. His mission was to destroy the nexus of superstition, ignorance, and disbelief, and set up a noble conception of life and lead mankind to the light of faith and divine bliss.

7. Since this belief was threatening their dominance in the society, the pagan Arabs started to mount pressure on the Rasoolullah (خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَسَلَّمَ) and his followers. They wanted them to renounce their cause and take to idol-worshipping. On one occasion, they sent a delegation to the Rasoolullah's (خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَسَلَّمَ) kind and caring uncle, Hazrat Abu Talib. They told him either to restrain the Rasoolullah (خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَسَلَّمَ) from preaching Allah's message or to face their enmity. Finding himself in a dilemma, he sent for his nephew, and explained to him the situation. The Rasoolullah (خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَسَلَّمَ) responded with these memorable words:

"My dear uncle, if they put the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left, even then I shall not abandon the proclamation of the Oneness of Allah (Tauheed). I shall set up the true faith upon the earth or perish in the attempt."