Jurhum

And now, let's go back a little bit in the history of Mecca, may Allah honour it.

And remember when we talked about Mecca, how Isma'il, son of Ibrahim, married from Jurhum, the Arab tribe.

And Jurhum remained in control of Mecca until another tribe came, Khuza'a.

And Khuza'a managed to take the rule from Jurhum and control Mecca.

But remnants of Jurhum remained in Mecca, but Khuza'a stayed in charge.

And for 500 years, Khuza'a ruled Mecca.

It began with Amr ibn Luhayy, whose story we mentioned.

He said, Isma'il is my forefather.

We had already seen the conditions of Arabia, its conflicts, its scattered religions, and its idols.

And we traced the story of the Prophet Muhammad's life from Ibrahim and his son Ismail, peace be upon both of them, down to Qusay ibn Kilab, who took back Makkah from Khuzaa to the hands of Jurhum.

Then came the stories after Qusay, until we reached the story of Abd al-Muttalib, the grandfather of Muhammad, and the amazing story of the digging of Zamzam, and the vision in his sleep, and the caller saying, and his attempt to sacrifice his son, Abdullah, the father of the Prophet Muhammad, and how he was saved.

All of this we reviewed to know how this noble family was formed, and how Arab life itself was shaped before the coming of the Prophet Muhammad.