Or is it that they did not recognize their Messenger so they deny him,means, `do they not recognize Muhammad and the honesty, trustworthiness and good character with which he grew up among them! Can they deny that or argue against it!'Jafar bin Abi Talib said to An-Najashi, the king of Ethiopia:"O King, Allah has sent to us a Messenger whose lineage, honesty and trustworthiness are known to us."Al-Mughirah bin Shu`bah said something similar to the deputy of Kisra when he wanted to challenge him.When the Byzantine ruler Heraclius asked Abu Sufyan Sakhr bin Harb and his companions -- who were still disbelievers and had not yet become Muslim -- about the characteristics, lineage, honesty and trustworthiness of the Prophet, they could only tell the truth and admit that he was indeed noble and truthful