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Mahomet acquiesced, and Ali continued, "The Treaty of Mahomet, Prophet of God, with Suheil ibn Amr," but Suheil interrupted again: "If I acknowledged Thee as Prophet of God I should not have made war on thee; write simply thy name and the name of thy father." And so the treaty was drawn up.
Ali was commanded to write down the conditions of the treaty, and he began with the formula: "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful." Suheil protested, "I know not that title, write, 'In Thy Name, O God."
But rumour, as ever, proved untrustworthy, and before long Othman returned with the news that the Kureisch were undisposed to battle, and later they sent Suheil of their own clan to make terms with Mahomet, namely, that he was to return to Medina that year, but that the next year he might come again as a pilgrim during the sacred month, and having entered Mecca perform the Pilgrimage.
He knew there would not be many, who having come under the spell of Islam would return again to idolatry. The text of the treaty stood substantially in these terms: "In thy Name, O God! These are the conditions of peace between Mahomet, son of Abdallah and Suheil, son of Amr. War shall be suspended for ten years.
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