whose descent, conduct and good faith and morality we are all well acquainted.
He called us to the unity of God, and taught us not to associate any other being with him. He forbade us the worship of idols which we and our fathers used to worship.
He commanded us always to speak the truth, to remain true to our trust, to love the relatives and to be good neighbors.
He commanded us to honor our promises, to be kind to our relations, to cease all forbidden acts, to abstain from bloodshed and to avoid obstinacies and false witness.
He forbade us to slander the virtuous women or consume the property of the orphans.
He ordered us to fly from vices and to abstain from the evil, to offer prayers, to give alms and to keep the fast in the month of Ramadan.
We believed in him; we followed him.
Our people, however, persecuted us and sought to bring us back to idolatry and their other abominations.
As they made life intolerable for us in Mecca, we chose your country and came here to live under your protection in peace.”
The Negus was eager to know more about what Jaafar said, and so he asked Jaafar to read him a part from what Muhammad brought concerning Allah.
Jaafar recited for him the first portion of Surah of Maryam (Saint Mary- Chapter 19 of the Quran) which narrates the story of Jesus and his mother Mary.
Upon hearing that Surah, the Negus was moved and the bishops around him began to weep.
The Negus said that he will never harm them and will not give them to Quraish.
However, two of Quraish emissaries did not stop at that, they went again to the Negus, who was Christian, and told him that the Muslims say that Jesus is a slave, and asked him to call them