In the name of God, the Merciful, the story Othman, may God be pleased with him, delivered a speech and said By God, we accompanied the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, in travel and at home He would return our patients, follow our funerals, and raid with us He comforts us with little and much People inform me of it, perhaps none of them have ever seen it Departure ship I will take you directly to the depth of the story and the core of the novel I will not start with you from the mountains of Mecca or the trade of the Levant I will not be in the homes of Bani Saad or Al-Abwa I will not delve into the sequence of events, the hostility of Abu Lahab, or the companionship of Abu Bakr No, I will emigrate with you there far, far away Through the crash of waves, the sorrows of estrangement, and the joints of history From Abyssinia I announce the beginning of my journey with you