Ogroman je pritisak bio na Muhammedu i njegovim sljedbenicima da ublaže svoju poruku vjerovanja u samo jednog Boga i da popuste pred Kurejšijama, ili da bar prihvate neke od bogova kojima su se oni klanjali.
There was now immense pressure on Muhammad and his remaining followers to compromise their message of believing in one God only, and to give in to the Quraysh or to at least accept some of the other gods worshipped by them.