[Machine] Abu Talib fell ill, so the Quraysh came to visit him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also visited him and sat by his head. There was a seat of a man, so Abu Jahl came and sat in it. Then he said, "Don't you see that your nephew is following our idols?" Abu Talib's son replied, "Why do your people complain about him?" Abu Jahl said, "I want them to have a word by which they honor the Arabs and make the non-Arabs pay the jizyah." Abu Jahl asked, "What is it?" He replied, "There is no deity but Allah." They said, "You want to make the idols one?" Then Surah Saad was revealed, and he recited until he reached, "astonishing."
مَرِضَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ فَأَتَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ وَأَتَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعُودُهُ وَعِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ مَقْعَدُ رَجُلٍ فَجَاءَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَقَعَدَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا تَرَى إِلَى ابْنِ أَخِيكَ يَقَعُ فِي آلِهَتِنَا؟ قَالَ ابْنَ أَخِي مَا لِقَوْمِكَ يَشْكُونَكَ؟ قَالَ «أُرِيدُهُمْ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ تَدِينُ لَهُمْ بِهَا الْعَرَبُ وَتُؤَدِّي إِلَيْهِمُ الْعَجَمُ الْجِزْيَةَ» قَالَ وَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ» فَقَالُوا أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا؟ فَنَزَلَتْ ص فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ {عُجَابٌ} [ص 5] [234] 11373 أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ نَحْوَهُ