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==Sun and Moon==
[[Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib]] held significant power in Mecca as the head of the [[Banu Hashim]], and this protection made it impossible to have Muhammad silenced or subjected to the kind of [[Persecution of Muslims by the Meccans|torture meted out against the Muslims without protection]] <ref name=sunnipath2>[[The Sealed Nectar]] [http://www.sunnipath.com/Resources/PrintMedia/Books/B0033P0017.aspx] on sunnipath.com</ref>. The [[Polytheism|polytheist]] Meccan leaders approached Abu Talib again and insisted he he put to stop his nephew, Muhammad's preaching of [[monotheism]] {{istr|tawhid}}, warning that it would otherwise him into severe hostility <ref name=sunnipath2/>.
Their enmity and open threats of a breach between Abu Talib's clan, the [[Banu Hashim]] and the rest of the [[Banu Quraish]] caused distressed Abu Talib who was aware of the cost that his nephew Muhammad had to pay if deserted . Abu Talib sent for Muhammad and told him the news, ''"Spare me and yourself and put not burden on me that I can’t bear"''. Muhammad thought that his uncle would let him down and would no longer support him, so he replied: ''"O my uncle! [[by Allah|by God]] if they put the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left on condition that I abandon this course, until God has made me victorious, or I perish therein, I would not abandon it."'' Muhammad got up, and as he turned away, his uncle called back and then said ''"Go and preach what you please, for by God I will never forsake you."''. Abu Talib then recited two lines of verse with meanings of full support to Muhammad <ref name=sunnipath2/>.
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