ذِكْرُ تَكْذِيبِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَدِّهِمْ عَلَيْهِ مَا آتَاهُمْ بِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ ﷻ
[Machine] Great among their great ones, they brought forth to me a man who spoke to me and whom I spoke to. So I said, "No one should come out to him besides me." I went out with my interpreter, and he came out with his interpreter until a pulpit was set up for us. Then he said, "Who are you?" So I said, "We are the Arabs, the people of thorns and acacia trees. We are the people of the Sacred House. We were the most restricted in land and the harshest in livelihood. We used to consume carrion and blood, and we would substitute one another in the most difficult form of livelihood that people ever lived by. Eventually, there came out among us a man who was not greater in rank that day, nor richer than us, and he said, 'I am the Messenger of Allah to you.' He commanded us with things we did not know and prohibited us from things we were accustomed to. Our fathers rejected him and opposed him, refuting his claim, until a people other than us came out to him and said, 'We believe in you and testify to your truthfulness. We will follow you and fight alongside you against those who fight against you.' So he went out to them, and we went out to him. We fought him, and he defeated us. Then he confronted those who followed us from the Arabs, and he fought them until he conquered them. If those behind me among the Arabs had known what awaits you in terms of livelihood, they would have come to you and shared your faith in the livelihood in which you live.'" So 'Umro ibn al-'As said, "I have never spoken to a more crafty person than him."
عَظِيمٌ مِنْ عُظَمَائِهِمُ اخْرِجُوا إِلَيَّ رَجُلًا يُكَلِّمُنِي وَأُكَلِّمُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ غَيْرِي فَخَرَجْتُ وَمَعِي تُرْجُمَانِي وَمَعَهُ تُرْجُمَانَهُ حَتَّى وُضِعَ لَنَا مِنْبَرٌ فَقَالَ مَا أَنْتُمْ؟ فَقُلْتُ «إِنَّا نَحْنُ الْعَرَبُ وَنَحْنُ أَهْلُ الشَّوْكِ وَالْقَرَظِ وَنَحْنُ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ اللَّهِ كُنَّا أَضْيَقَ النَّاسِ أَرْضًا وَأَشَدَّهُمْ عَيْشًا نَأْكُلُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَيَغِيرُ بَعْضُنَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ بِأَشَدِّ عَيْشٍ عَاشَ بِهِ النَّاسُ حَتَّى خَرَجَ فِينَا رَجُلٌ لَيْسَ بِأَعْظَمِنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ شَرَفًا وَلَا أَكْثَرَنَا مَالًا وَقَالَ » أَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ « يَأْمُرُنَا بِمَا لَا نَعْرِفُ وَيَنْهَانَا عَمَّا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ آبَاؤُنَا فَكَذَّبْنَاهُ وَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ مَقَالَتَهُ حَتَّى خَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ مِنْ غَيْرِنَا فَقَالُوا نَحْنُ نُصَدِّقُكَ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَّبِعُكَ وَنُقَاتِلُ مَنْ قَاتَلَكَ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَخَرَجْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَاتَلْنَاهُ فَقَتَلْنَا وَظَهَرَ عَلَيْنَا وَغَلَبَنَا وَتَنَاوَلَ مَنْ يَلِيهِ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَقَاتَلَهُمْ حَتَّى ظَهَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَوْ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ وَرَائِي مِنَ الْعَرَبِ مَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ لَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا جَاءَكُمْ حَتَّى يُشْرِكَكُمْ فِيمَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ» فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمْ قَدْ صَدَقَ قَدْ جَاءَتْنَا رُسُلُنَا بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي جَاءَ بِهِ رَسُولُكُمْ فَكُنَّا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى ظَهَرَتْ فِينَا مُلُوكٌ فَجَعَلُوا يَعْمَلُونَ بِأَهْوَائِهِمْ وَيَتْرُكُونَ أَمْرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَإِنْ أَنْتُمْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِأَمْرِ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَمْ يُقَاتِلْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا غَلَبْتُمُوهُ وَلَمْ يُشَارِكْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ظَهَرْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُمْ مِثْلَ الَّذِي فَعَلْنَا وَتَرَكْتُمْ أَمْرَ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَعَمِلْتُمْ مِثْلَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا بِأَهْوَائِهِمْ فَخَلَّى بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أَكْثَرَ عَدَدًا مِنَّا وَلَا أَشَدَّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ «فَمَا كَلَّمْتُ رَجُلًا قَطُّ أَمْكَرَ مِنْهُ»