خَالِدُ بْنُ أَبِي جَبَلٍ الْعَدْوَانِيُّ
[Machine] He saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the eastern part of Ta'if, standing on a bow or a stick, when he came to seek their support. He said, "So I heard him reciting 'By the sky and the night visitor' until he finished it." He said, "I had heard it during the era of ignorance while I was a polytheist, and then I heard it in Islam. So they said, 'What did you hear from this man?' So I recited it to them. So whoever from the Quraysh was with them said, 'We know our companion best. If we knew that what he is saying is true, we would have followed him.'"
أَنَّهُ أَبْصَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَشْرِقِ ثَقِيفٍ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَى قَوْسٍ أَوْ عَصًا حِينَ أَتَاهُمْ يَبْتَغِي عِنْدَهُمُ النَّصْرَ قَالَ «فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَأُ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا» قَالَ فَوَعَيْتُهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَأَنَا مُشْرِكٌ ثُمَّ قَرَأْتُهَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالُوا مَاذَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فَقَرَأْتُهَا عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ مَنْ مَعَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِصَاحِبِنَا لَوْ كُنَّا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مَا يَقُولُ حَقٌّ لَاتَّبَعْنَاهُ