Rasulullah ﷺ keluar dari pengasingannya dan meneruskan dakwah agamanya seperti biasa. Quraisy, begitu juga, membatalkan boikot tetapi terus melakukan kekejaman dan penindasan terhadap kaum Muslimin. Abu Talib, pembesar yang sudah berusia llapan puluh tahun, masih bersungguh-sungguh melindungi anak saudaranya, tetapi pada masa itu, disebabkan rentetan peristiwa dahsyat dan kesakitan yang berterusan, dia mula mengalami beberapa serangan kelemahan. Sebaik sahaja dia keluar sebagai pemenang daripada boikot yang tidak berperikemanusiaan itu, dia dilanda penyakit yang berpanjangan dan keletihan fizikal. Golongan musyrik Makkah, melihat keadaan yang serius ini dan bimbang bahawa aib yang boleh dikaitkan oleh bangsa Arab lain dengan mereka sekiranya mereka mengambil sebarang tindakan agresif terhadap Nabi ﷺ selepas baginda kehilangan penyokong utamanya, Abu Talib, membuat keputusan untuk berunding semula dengan Nabi ﷺ dan mengemukakan beberapa konsesi yang sebelum ini ditahan. Mereka kemudian mengutus beberapa wakil untuk menemui Abu Talib dan membincangkan perkara itu dengannya. Ibnu Ishaq dan lain-lain meriwayatkan: “Apabila penyakit yang teruk menimpa Abu Talib, orang-orang Quraisy mula berbincang tentang keadaan itu dan meneliti ciri-ciri utama tempoh tersebut, yang merangkumi keislaman ‘Umar dan Hamzah, serta kegemparan besar yang Muhammad ﷺ cetuskan di kalangan semua kabilah Quraisy. Mereka kemudian berpendapat bahawa adalah perlu untuk menemui Abu Talib sebelum dia meninggal dunia bagi menekan anak saudaranya supaya berunding mencapai persetujuan mengenai pelbagai perkara yang dipertikaikan. Mereka bimbang bahawa bangsa Arab yang lain mungkin menuduh mereka sebagai pihak yang mengambil kesempatan.”

The Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) left his confinement and went on preaching his Faith as usual. Quraish, likewise, repealed the boycott but went on in their atrocities and oppression on the Muslims. Abu Talib, the octogenarian notable, was still keen on shielding his nephew but by that time, and on account of the series of tremendous events and continual pains, he began to develop certain fits of weakness. No sooner had he emerged victorious from the inhuman boycott, than he was caught in a persistent illness and physical enervation. The polytheists of Makkah, seeing this serious situation and fearing that the stain of infamy that the other Arabs could attribute to them in case they took any aggressive action against the Prophet (Peace be upon him) after he had lost his main support, Abu Talib, took a decision to negotiate with the Prophet (Peace be upon him) once more and submit some concessions withheld previously. They then delegated some representatives to see Abu Talib and discuss the issue with him. Ibn Ishaq and others related: “When a serious illness caught Abu Talib, the people of Quraish began to deliberate on the situation and reviewed the main features that characterized that period and which included the conversion of ‘Umar and Hamzah to Islam, coupled with the tremendous stir that Muhammad (Peace be upon him) had created amongst all the tribes of Quraish. They then deemed it imperative to see Abu Talib before he died to pressure his nephew to negotiate a compromise on the various disputed points. They were afraid that the other Arabs might attribute to them the charge of opportunism.”.

Delegasi Quraisy terdiri daripada 25 orang lelaki termasuk tokoh-tokoh terkemuka seperti ‘Utbah bin Rabi‘a, Shaibah bin Rabi‘a, Abu Jahl bin Hisyam, Umaiyah bin Khalaf, Abu Sufyan bin Harb. Mereka mula-mula memberi penghormatan kepadanya dan mengesahkan penghargaan tinggi mereka terhadap peribadi serta kedudukannya di kalangan mereka. Kemudian mereka beralih kepada dasar timbang-balas baharu yang mereka dakwa ingin mereka ikuti. Untuk menguatkan hujah mereka, mereka mendakwa bahawa mereka akan menahan diri daripada campur tangan dalam agamanya sekiranya beliau berbuat yang sama.

The delegation of Quraish comprised 25 men including notables like ‘Utbah bin Rabi‘a, Shaibah bin Rabi‘a, Abu Jahl bin Hisham, Omaiyah bin Khalaf, Abu Sufyan bin Harb. They first paid tribute to him and confirmed their high esteem of his person and position among them. They then shifted to the newgive-and-take policy that they claimed they wanted to follow. To substantiate their argument they alleged that they would refrain from intervening in his religion if he did the same.

Abu Talib memanggil anak saudaranya dan memberitahunya tentang jalannya pertemuan beliau dengan mereka, lalu berkata: "Nah, anak saudaraku, inilah para tokoh kaummu. Mereka mengusulkan pertemuan ini untuk menyampaikan satu dasar persetujuan bersama berupa saling bertolak ansur dan hidup berdampingan secara damai." Rasulullah ﷺ menoleh kepada mereka dan bersabda:

Abu Talib summoned his nephew and apprised him of the minutes of his meeting with them, and said: “Well, my nephew, here are the celebrities of your people. They have proposed this meeting to submit a policy of mutual concessions and peaceful coexistence.” The Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) turned to them saying:

• "Aku akan menunjukkan kepadamu cara untuk memperoleh kekuasaan ke atas orang Arab dan bukan Arab." Dalam versi lain, Nabi ﷺ berkata kepada Abu Talib dengan kata-kata berikut: "Wahai bapa saudaraku! Mengapa engkau tidak mengajak mereka kepada sesuatu yang lebih baik?" Abu Talib bertanya kepadanya, "Apakah yang engkau serukan kepada mereka?" Nabi ﷺ menjawab, "Aku menyeru mereka supaya berpegang teguh kepada suatu Risalah yang pasti akan memberi mereka akses kepada kerajaan ke atas orang Arab dan bukan Arab." Menurut versi Ibn Ishaq, "Hanya satu kalimah yang akan memberikan kamu kelebihan ke atas orang Arab dan bukan Arab." Para utusan Makkah terkejut luar biasa dan mula tertanya-tanya kalimah apakah yang akan memberi mereka manfaat sebesar itu. Abu Jahl bertanya, "Apakah kalimah itu? Demi ayahmu, kami pasti akan memenuhi permintaanmu dan menambah sepuluh kali ganda." Baginda ﷺ bersabda, "Aku mahu kamu bersaksi bahawa tiada tuhan yang layak disembah melainkan Allah, dan kemudian tinggalkanlah segala bentuk ibadah yang kamu tujukan kepada tuhan-tuhan selain Allah." Mereka serta-merta menepuk tangan sebagai ejekan dan berkata, "Bagaimana kamu mengharapkan kami menghimpunkan semua tuhan menjadi satu Tuhan? Ini benar-benar sesuatu yang luar biasa." Ketika keluar meninggalkan tempat itu, mereka berkata sesama sendiri, "Demi Tuhan, lelaki ini [Muhammad ﷺ] tidak akan berhenti, dan tidak akan memberi sebarang konsesi. Marilah kita berpegang teguh kepada agama nenek moyang kita, dan Allah akan pada masanya memutuskan dan menyelesaikan pertikaian antara kita dengan dia." Berkenaan peristiwa ini, Allah menurunkan ayat-ayat berikut:

• “I will guide you to the means by which you will gain sovereignty over both the Arabs and non-Arabs.” In another version, the Prophet (Peace be upon him) addressed Abu Talib in the following words: “O uncle! Why don’t you call them unto something better?” Abu Talib asked him, “What is it that you invite them to?” The Prophet (Peace be upon him) replied, “I invite them to hold fast to a Message that is bound to give them access to kingship over the Arabs and non-Arabs.” According to Ibn Ishaq’s version, “It is just one word that will give you supremacy over the Arabs and non-Arabs.” The Makkan deputies were taken by incredible surprise and began to wonder what sort of word was that which would benefit them to that extent. Abu Jahl asked, “What is that word? I swear by your father that we will surely grant you your wish followed by ten times as much.” He said, “I want you to testify that there is no god worthy to be worshipped but Allâh, and then divest yourselves of any sort of worship you harbour for any deities other than Allâh.” They immediately clapped their hands in ridicule, and said “How can you expect us to combine all the deities in one God. It is really something incredible.” On their way out leaving, they said to one another, “By god this man [Muhammad (Peace be upon him)] will never relent, nor will he offer any concessions. Let us hold fast to the religion of our forefathers, and Allâ h will in due course adjudicate and settle the dispute between us and him.” As regards this incident, Allâh revealed the following verses: