Person
al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīra al-Makhzūmī
الوليد بن المغيرة المخزومي
d. 622 CE Banū Makhzūm
Chief of Banū Makhzūm in pre-Islamic Mecca. One of the major opponents of the Prophet ﷺ. Said to be the subject of Sūrat al-Muddaththir (74:11-26) — "Leave Me with him whom I created alone..." — for plotting against the Qurʾān. Father of Khālid ibn al-Walīd (Sword of God) and of ʿAmmāra. Died as a polytheist before the Hijra.
Significance
Chief of Banū Makhzūm in pre-Islamic Mecca. One of the major opponents of the Prophet ﷺ. Said to be the subject of Sūrat al-Muddaththir (74:11-26) — "Leave Me with him whom I created alone..." — for plotting against the Qurʾān. Father of Khālid ibn al-Walīd (Sword of God) and of ʿAmmāra. Died as a polytheist before the Hijra.
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