When His Heart Almost Flew

After Badr, Jubayr travelled to Madinah to speak to the Prophet ﷺ about the captives, whom the Quraysh wished to ransom. He arrived at the mosque at the time of the Maghrib prayer and stood behind the lines of worshippers, still a polytheist.

The Prophet ﷺ was leading and reciting Surah al-Tur. When he reached the verses, ﴿أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ﴾ (“Or were they created from nothing, or are they the creators?”) (52:35), Jubayr said, "My heart almost flew." In another report he said that it was the first time faith settled in his heart.

He did not become Muslim at that moment. But the verse had reached him and stayed. Allah brings people to Him by different roads, and for Jubayr it began with a recitation he heard while on an errand for his people.