0 King, we were an unenlightened people plunged in ignorance, we worshipped idols, we ate dead animals, and we committed abominations; we broke natural ties, we ill- treated our neighbours and our strong devoured the weak. We thus lived until God raised amongst us an Apostle, of whose noble birth and lineage, truthfulness, honesty and purity we were aware. He invited us to acknowledge the Unity of God and to worship Him, and to renounce the stones and idols we and our forefathers used to venerate. He enjoined us to speak the truth, to redeem our pledges, to be kind and considerate to our kin and neighbours; he bade us to refrain from every vice, bloodshed, shamelessness, lies, and deceit; and asked us not to encroach upon the substance of orphans nor to vilify chaste women. He commanded us to pay divine honours to Allah alone and never associate aught with Him; He ordered us to offer prayers, to pay the poor- due, to observe the fast (thus enumerating other injunctions of Islam). We acknowledged his truth and believed in him; we followed him in whatever he brought from Allah; and we worshipped only One God without associating aught with Him. We treated as unlawful what he forbade and accepted what he made lawful for us.(Ibn Hisham)