Muhammad: Meccan Opposition[213] The book of The Acts of Andrew and Matthias was said to have
been used by Gnostics, Manichaeans and others; cf. Ante-Nicene Fathers,
vol. 8, pp. 356. See Appendix D, p. 374.
[214] See p. 51, above.
[215] Ibn Hisham in Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 167 f.
[216] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 1, 1, p. 238.
[217] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 1, 1, pp. 136 f.
[218] Ibid., p. 139.
[219] Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 191; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 1, 1, p. 243;
Tabari, History, vol. 6, p. 115.
[220] Buhl, Muhammeds, p. 198; Watt, Muhammad, p. 79; Tabari,
History, vol. 7, p. 8.
[221] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 1, 1, p. 244.
[222] Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 191 and Tabari, History, vol. 6, p. 115,
report Muhammad to have said that the Quraysh never treated him poorly
until after the death of Abu Talib. Watt and Bell, Introduction, p. 11,
maintain that the composition of Qur'an 111 was probably a result of Abu
Talib withdrawing his support and protection of Muhammad. An interesting
comment of Zayd b. Haritha given in Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 1, 1, p. 245,
implies that Muhammad had been banished by the Quraysh; cf. Qur'an
17:78.
[223] Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 192 f; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 1, 1,
pp. 243 f; Tabari, History, vol. 6, p. 115.
[224] Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 193 and Tabari, History, vol. 6, p. 117,
relate how Muhammad met a Christian slave from Nineveh named `Addas