Ibn Ishaq said: Yahya ibn ‘Urwa ibn Al-Zubair related to me from his father ‘Urwa ibn Al-Zubair, who related from Abdullah ibn ‘Amr Al-‘As, who said: I asked him: What was the most that you saw come upon the Quraysh from the Messenger of Allah (SAW) when they made known their enmity towards him? He replied: I was with them when their nobles had gathered together one day at the hijr [by the Ka’ba], and they mentioned the Messenger of Allah (SAW), saying: We have never known anything like what we have endured in dealing with this man – He calls our insight foolish, he insults our fathers, degrades our religion, disperses our gatherings, and slanders our gods; we have put up with a great deal from him (or whatever they said). And while they were talking like this, suddenly the Messenger of Allah (SAW) showed up, turned, and walked over to touch the corner, then He passed by the group while walking around the House [Ka’ba]. And when He passed by them, they said some things to him. He [the narrator] said: And I could see this on the Messenger of Allah’s (SAW) face. Then He proceeded on, and when He passed by them the second time, they said the same kind of things; and I saw it on the Messenger of Allah’s (SAW) face. Then He passed by them a third time, and they said the same kind of things. And He stopped, and said: "Will you hear, oh people of Quraysh? But indeed I swear by Him who holds my soul, I have come to slaughter you all!" His words gripped the people to the point that there was not a man who did not stand still as though a bird had landed on his head. Even those who had been most severe in talking about him before this apologized to him with the best possible words, finally saying: Turn away now, oh Abu Qasim, by Allah you are not foolish. So the Messenger of Allah (SAW) departed.