ABU JAHL

An implacable adversary of Muhammad. His real name was 'Amr ibn Hisham, but he was surnamed by the Muslims, Abu Jahl, or the "Father of Folly." He is supposed to be alluded to in the Qur'an, Surah xxii. 8: - "There is a man who disputeth concerning God without either knowledge or direction." He was a boastful and debauched man, and was killed in the battle of Badr.