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Abdu'lláh-i-Ubayy
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Pronunciation: abd-ol-láh-heh-obey
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Powerful Medinite chief and Muḥammad's bitter opponent, whose hopes of sovereignty were defeated when the Medinites sent for the Prophet to rule over them. He was the leader of the Hipocrites (munáfiqún) who secretly thwarted and resisted the Prophet at Medina. (Muir, Sir Wm., The life of Moḥammad, 181).
[BG 4]
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An opponent of Muḥammad.
[GWB 347]
 
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