George Sale, The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed A Preliminary Discource (1734)

invitation the next day; and when they were come, he made them the following speech; “I know no man in all Arabia who can offer his kindred a more excellent thing than I now do you: I offer you happiness both in this life, and in that which is to come; God Almighty hath commanded me to call you unto him; Who therefore among you will be assisting to me herein, and become my brother, and my vice-gerent?” All of them hesitating, and declining the matter, Ali at length rose up, and declared that he would be his assistant; and vehemently threatned those who should oppose him. Mohammed upon this embraced Ali with great demonstrations of affection, and desired all who were present to hearken to and obey him, as his deputy; at which the company broke out into great laughter, telling Abu Taleb, that he must now pay obedience to his son.

The Koreish oppose him,
This repulse however was so far from discouraging Mohammed, that he began to preach in public to the people, who heard him with some patience, till he came to upbraid them with the idolatry, obstinacy, and perverseness of themselves and their fathers; which so highly provoked them, that they declared themselves his enemies, and would soon have procured his ruin, had he not been protected by Abu Taleb. The chief of the Koreish warmly sollicited this person to desert his nephew, making frequent remonstrances against the innovations he was attempting; which proving ineffectual, they at length threatned him with an open rupture, if he did not prevail on Mohammed to desist. At this Abu Taleb was so far moved that he earnestly dissuaded his nephew from pursuing the affair any farther, representing the great danger he and his friends must otherwise run. But Mohammed was not to be intimidated, telling his uncle plainly, that if they set the sun against him on his right hand, and the moon on his left, he would not leave his enterprize: and Abu Taleb seeing him so firmly resolved to proceed, used no further arguments, but promised to stand by him against all his enemies ¹.

And persecute his followers.
The Koreish finding they could prevail neither by fair words nor menaces, tried what they could do by force, and ill treatment; using Mohammed’s followers so very injuriously that it was not safe for them to continue at Mecca any longer; whereupon Mobammed gave leave to such of them as had not friends to protect them, to seek for refuge elsewhere. And accordingly in the fifth year of the prophet’s mission, sixteen of them, four of whom were women, fled into Ethiopia; and among them Othmân Ebn Affân and his wife Rakîah,