Permusuhan kaum Quraisy terhadap Rasulullah ﷺ dan para sahabatnya mencapai puncaknya setelah suku Thaqif di Ta'if dengan penuh kedengkian mengusirnya, dan ketika suku-suku Kindah, Kalb, Bani 'Aamir, dan Bani Hanifah menolak seruannya pada musim haji. Kaum Quraisy berhasil semakin mengisolasi beliau ﷺ setelah kegagalan-kegagalan ini, dengan memisahkan beliau ﷺ dan kelompoknya dari setiap dukungan dari luar. Namun, beliau ﷺ dan para sahabatnya tetap teguh dalam keyakinan mereka kepada Allah (SWT) dan tidak pernah meragukan janji Allah (SWT) akan kemenangan bagi mereka dan bagi Islam.

The hostility of the Quraysh towards the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and his Sahabah reached a saturation point after the Thaqif tribe in Ta’if maliciously chased him away, and when the tribes of Kinda, Kalb, Banu ‘Aamir and Banu Hanifah rejected his call to them during the Hajj season. The Quraysh managed to increase his (pbuh) isolation further, after these setbacks, separating him and his party from any outside support. He (pbuh) and his Sahabah, however, remained steadfast in their belief in Allah (swt) and never doubted Allah’s I promise of victory to them and to Islam.

Rasulullah ﷺ terus mengajak manusia kepada Islam setiap kali ada kesempatan, dan beliau mendatangi suku-suku serta menawarkan dirinya kepada mereka, tanpa sedikit pun mempedulikan akibatnya. Sebagian orang-orang kurang ajar dari kalangan Quraisy berusaha memprovokasi dan menyakiti beliau ﷺ, namun beliau tidak pernah membiarkan hal itu memengaruhi dirinya, begitu pula harapannya akan masa depan yang lebih cerah. Allah (SWT) mengutus beliau ﷺ dengan risalah Islam, dan beliau tidak pernah ragu bahwa Allah (SWT) akan menolong dan melindungi beliau serta memastikan tegaknya agama. Beliau ﷺ menanti pertolongan Allah, sambil sangat gelisah memikirkan keadaan dakwah.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) continued inviting people to Islam whenever possible and he approached the tribes and offered himself to them, not worrying in the slightest about the consequences. Some of the louts from the Quraysh attempted to provoke him and hurt him, but he (pbuh) never let this affect him nor his hope of a brighter future. Allah (swt) sent him with the Message of Islam and he never doubted that Allah (swt) would help and protect him and secure the establishment of the Deen. He (pbuh) waited for Allah’s relief, while being very troubled about the state of the Da’wah.

Untungnya, Rasulullah ﷺ tidak perlu menunggu lama, karena tanda-tanda kemenangan segera datang dari Yathrib (Madinah) dalam bentuk sekelompok orang dari suku al-Khazraj yang datang ke Makkah pada musim haji. Di sanalah Rasulullah ﷺ bertemu mereka untuk pertama kalinya dan mengajak mereka masuk Islam.

Fortunately, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did not have long to wait, for the signs of victory soon came from Yathrib (Madinah) in the shape of a group from al-Khazraj who had come to Makkah during the Hajj season where the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) met them for the first time and invited them to Islam.

Mereka saling memandang lalu berkata, "Demi Allah, ini benar-benar Nabi yang telah diperingatkan oleh orang-orang Yahudi kepada kita. Jangan sampai mereka mendahului kita untuk mendapatkannya." Maka mereka pun menerima ajarannya dan memeluk Islam. Mereka berkata kepadanya, "Kami telah meninggalkan kaum kami (suku Aws dan Khazraj), sebab tidak ada suku-suku yang saling dipenuhi kebencian dan dendam seperti mereka. Semoga Allah mempersatukan mereka melalui engkau. Jika demikian, maka tidak ada seorang pun yang lebih perkasa daripada engkau."ﷺ

They looked to each other and said, “By Allah this is the very Prophet of whom the Jews warned us about. Do not let them get to him before us.” Thereupon they accepted his teaching and embraced Islam. They said to him, “We have left our people (al-Aws and al-Khazraj), for no tribes are so divided by hatred and rancor as they. Perhaps Allah will unite them through you, if so, then no man will be mightier then you.”.

Ketika mereka kembali ke Yathrib (Madinah), mereka menceritakan kepada kaum mereka tentang Rasulullah ﷺ dan mengajak mereka untuk menerima Islam. Mereka berhasil membuka hati dan pikiran orang-orang kepada agama baru itu. Setiap rumah tangga di kalangan Aws dan Khazraj mulai membicarakan Muhammad ﷺ.

When they returned to Yathrib (Madinah), they told their people about the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and invited them to accept Islam. They managed to open people’s hearts and minds to the new Deen. Every household among the Aws and Khazraj began to talk about Muhammad (pbuh).