The Qurayshi mission fails
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Then the Negus said, 'This and what Isa brought have come from the same source.'
He turned to the deputation of Quraysh, saying, 'Go! By Allah, I will never hand them over to you.'
The next morning Amr ibn al-As went to the Negus with a shrewd plan. 'O King, they say terrible things about Isa son of Maryam!'
The King turned to the Muslims and said, 'What do you say about Isa ibn Maryam?'
'We say about him what our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) brought,' Ja'far ibn Abi Talib replied. 'That he was the servant of Allah, His Messenger, His Spirit and His word which He cast to the blessed Virgin Maryam .
The Negus took a stick from the ground and said, 'By Allah, Isa ibn Maryam did not add to what you have said by so much as the length of this stick!'
He treated the Muslims with honour and gave them security. The two Qurayshi messengers had to leave in disgrace.