The new converts were told to carry on secret propaganda in Yathrib with this end in view.
On the way he fell in with some pilgrims from Yathrib, or Medina, and to them he unfolded his revelations.
In Yathrib the faith of Mohammed spread quickly and he received attention and reverence wherever he went.
Hardly, however, had he proceeded further, when he received the sad intelligence that the people of Yathrib had killed his son.
