Meccans in a sentence

The Meccans helped the Banu Bakr with weapons and, according to some sources, a few Meccans also took part in the fighting.

These benefits included the requirement of the Meccans to identify Muhammad as an equal, cessation of military activity allowing Medina to gain strength, and the admiration of Meccans who were impressed by the pilgrimage rituals.

Abraha found a pretext, presented by different sources alternatively as pollution of the church by a tribe allied to the Meccans or as an attack on Abraha's grandson in Najran by a Meccan party.

According to the famous letter of ʿUrwa preserved in al-Tabari, the majority of Muslims returned to their native town as Islam gained strength and high ranking Meccans, such as Umar and Hamzah converted.

According to the story this led to a general reconciliation between Muḥammad and the Meccans, and the Abyssinia Muslims began to return home.

According to Watt, although Muhammad's decision to make the pilgrimage was based on his dream, he was also demonstrating to the pagan Meccans that Islam did not threaten the prestige of the sanctuaries, that Islam was an Arabian religion.

Allāt, al-'Uzzā and Manāt were three goddesses worshipped by the Meccans.

As the battle heated up, the Meccans were forced to somewhat retreat.

Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd ed, Brill, "Manaf" The Meccans were accustomed to name their children Abd Manaf.

However, the Meccans did not capitalize on their victory by invading Medina and returned to Mecca.

However, the Meccans' retreat was actually a manufactured manoeuvre that paid off.

In their growing impatience to be part of the battle, and seeing that they were somewhat gaining advantage over the Kafirun ( Infidels ) these archers decided to leave their posts to pursue the retreating Meccans.

Islamic tradition states that when Muhammad was either nine or twelve while accompanying the Meccans' caravan to Syria, he met a Christian monk or hermit named Bahira who is said to have foreseen Muhammad's career as a prophet of God.

Rodinson (2002), p. 261. Most Meccans converted to Islam and Muhammad proceeded to destroy all the statues of Arabian gods in and around the Kaaba.

Seeing that their strategy had actually worked, the Meccans cavalry forces went around the hill and re-appeared behind the pursuing archers.

The Kaaba has been rebuilt several times; the present structure, built in 1629, is a reconstruction of an earlier building dating to 683. citation The Meccans were eager to avenge their defeat.

The next morning, at the Muslim conference of war, dispute arose over how best to repel the Meccans.

These were: either the Meccans would pay blood money for the slain among the Khuza'ah tribe, they disavow themselves of the Banu Bakr, or they should declare the truce of Hudaybiyyah null.

To maintain economic prosperity, the Meccans needed to restore their prestige, which had been reduced at Badr.

When they discovered that Muhammad lived, the Meccans did not return due to false information about new forces coming to his aid.