[Machine] He is said to be a sorcerer in the village of Samail, in Oman. So one day we visited him, and it was a sacrifice. I heard a voice from the idol saying, "O Mazen, listen, a good fortune has come and an evil has entered. A prophet has been sent from the tribe of Mudar with the great religion of Allah, so abandon the life of a rock that will be touched by fire." I was frightened by that, so I said, "This is indeed strange." Then a few days later, I visited him again and heard a voice from the idol saying, "Come to me, come, listen to what you do not know. This is a sent prophet who has come with truth and revelation. Believe in him so that you may turn away from the heat of a fire ignited by wood." I said, "This is indeed strange, and it is for my own good." While we were in this state, a man from Hijaz arrived, and we asked him, "What news do you bring with you?" He said, "There is a man named Ahmad who says to anyone who comes to him, 'Respond to the caller of Allah.'" I said, "This is news that I have heard before." So I hastened to the idol and broke it into pieces, and I mounted my riding animal and went to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ . He explained Islam to me, so I embraced it and said  

يُقَالُ لَهُ بَاحِرٌ بِسَمَائِلَ قَرْيَةٌ بِعُمَانَ فَعَتَرْنَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عِنْدَهُ عَتِيرَةً وَهِيَ الذَّبِيحَةُ فَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنَ الصَّنَمِ يَقُولُ يَا مَازِنُ اسْمَعْ تُسَرَّ ظَهَرَ خَيْرٌ وَبَطُنَ شَرٌّ بُعِثَ نَبِيٌّ مِنْ مُضَرَ بِدَيْنِ اللهِ الْكَبِرِ الْكَبِرْ فَدَعْ نُحَيْتًا مِنْ حَجَرٍ تَسْلَمْ مِنْ سَقَرَ قَالَ فَفَزِعْتُ لِذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَعَجَبٌ ثُمَّ عَتَرْتُ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ عَتِيرَةً فَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنَ الصَّنَمِ يَقُولُ أَقْبِلْ إِلَيَّ أَقْبِلْ تَسْمَعْ مَا لَا تَجْهَلْ هَذَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلْ جَاءَ بِحَقٍّ مُنْزَلْ فَآمِنْ بِهِ كَيْ تَعْدِلَ عَنْ حَرِّ نَارٍ تُشْعَلْ وَقُودُهَا بِالْجَنْدَلْ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَعَجَبٌ وَإِنَّهُ لَخَيْرٌ يُرَادُ بِي فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ قَدِمَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْحِجَازِ قُلْنَا مَا الْخَبَرُ وَرَاءَكَ؟ قَالَ ظَهَرَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَحْمَدُ يَقُولُ لِمَنْ أَتَاهُ «أَجِيبُوا دَاعِيَ اللهِ» قُلْتُ هَذَا نَبَأُ مَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُ فَسِرْتُ إِلَى الصَّنَمِ فَكَسَّرْتُهُ أَجْذَاذًا وَرَكِبْتُ رَاحِلَتِي فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَشَرَحَ لِيَ الْإِسْلَامَ فَأَسْلَمْتُ وَقُلْتُ