Koraish Koreish : also transliterated as Kuraish or Quraysh, the ruling tribe of Mecca at the time of the birth of the Prophet Mohammad. There were in it ten main clans including Hashim, the clan of the Prophet. Most of the Koreishites were bitterly opposed to the Prophet, especially at the beginning of his mission.
... which all new faiths are exposed, that which was the chief danger of Christianity in the days of persecution, to which, for a fleeting moment, Mahomed is said to have succumbed when harassed by the Koraish, the temptation of securing a respite from persecution by a false profession which, masking itself as a harmless piece of diplomacy, will really be a fatal stab at the very heart of the new religion ...
... sublime attire, From silver dishes fed and emerald And in a world of delicate air installed So that her nature with these costly things Being burdened raised in vain its heavenward wings. From Koraish and the Abbasside he drew His stern extraction. Yet what brighter grew About his formidable name accursed Was a white fire of riches and the thirst Of poor men gazing with a bitter stealth On ...
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