[Machine] Abu Talib fell ill, so the Prophet ﷺ came to visit him. There was a sitting place (a cushion or soft cover) by his head, so Abu Jahl stood and sat on it. They complained to the Prophet ﷺ about that, saying that Abu Talib was inclined to their gods. The Prophet ﷺ asked his nephew, "What do you want from him?" He replied, "Uncle, I only want him to say a word by which the Arabs accept his faith and the non-Arabs pay tribute to him." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "And what is that word?" He replied, "There is no god but Allah." They said, "Do you make the gods into one God? Indeed, this is a strange thing," and then the people in the gathering dispersed.  

مَرِضَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَعُودُهُ فَكَانَ عِنْدَ رَأْسَهُ مَقْعَدَ رَجُلٍ فَقَامَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَجَلَسَ فِيهِ فَشَكَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِلَى أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ يَقَعُ فِي آلِهَتِنَا قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى هَذَا؟ قَالَ يَا عَمُّ «إِنَّمَا أُرِيدُهُمْ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ تَدِينُ لَهُمْ بِهَا الْعَرَبُ ثُمَّ تُؤَدِّي إِلَيْهِمُ الْعَجَمُ الْجِزْيَةَ» فَقَالَ وَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ» فَقَالُوا {أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ} [ص 6]