Abu 'Amra, Bashir, Abu Layla al-Khawli, Hisham ibn 'Uqba ibn Abi Waqqas, Hisham ibn Hashim, Jubayr ibn Mut'im, al-Musayyib ibn Najaba, Abu Khalid al-Walibi, Suwayd ibn Ghafla, Abu Tiraka, Dhu al-Yaminayn, Sahl ibn Hunayf, Sahman ibn Hunayf (the freedman of Fidda), al-Muhawwal al-Kalbi, and Abd Allah ibn Saba, who is their master—peace be upon them].

As for the Munbi'un (The Informed) in this Muhammadan Cycle: the first of them is Zayd ibn Haritha, the inviter of the Messenger of God—exalted be his glory—and he is the head of the class of the Informed. It has appeared that he is the person of "Gain" (al-Ribh) because he is the Informed One sent to fecundate the hearts of the believers; he is the most majestic of them in rank. They number seventeen persons who appeared by these names in the era of Lord Muhammad:

[Zayd ibn Haritha, Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, Thabit ibn Abi al-Aflah, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Tamim al-Dari, Mu'adh ibn Amr, Thabit ibn Qays, Sa'd ibn Malik, Amr ibn Taghliba, Khuzayma ibn Thabit, Haritha ibn al-Nu'man, Abu Dujana Simak, Ka'b ibn Kharshana al-Ansari, Ammar ibn Yasir, Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Hizam, Abu Lubana Hizam ibn Hayyan, Abu al-Haytham Malik ibn al-Tayyihan al-Ash'ali, and Amr ibn al-Jamuh—peace be upon them].

The Adversary—may God curse him—was manifest in the Hashemite Cycle through several persons, including: [Abu Jahl Amr ibn Hisham, Abu Lahab Dirar, Amr ibn Abd Wudd, Suraqa ibn Malik al-Fazari, al-Hutay’a, Abu Sufyan Sakhr ibn Harb (the organizer of the Confederates), and Ubayy ibn Khalaf al-Jumahi]; these were in the Age of Ignorance.

As for Islam: the first whose blame the Messenger of God—exalted be his glory—announced was Marwan ibn al-Hakam, for he exiled him and his father from Medina. Also, the nine regarding whom God spoke the truth: {And there were in the city nine family groups committing corruption in the land and not amending [it]}¹.