Umar ibn al-Khattab Accepts Islam

Umar ibn al-Khattab, initially one of the fiercest opponents of Islam, set out to kill the Prophet but was redirected to his sister Fatimah's house where she and her husband were reciting Surah Ta-Ha. After striking his sister and seeing her bleed, he felt remorse and asked to read the verses. Moved by their beauty, he went to the Prophet at Dar al-Arqam and declared his shahada. The Prophet exclaimed 'Allahu Akbar' and the Muslims openly prayed at the Ka'bah for the first time.