ACCOUNT OF THE DESPATCH OF EPISTLES BY THEAPOSTLE OF ALLAH, MAY ALLAH BLESS HIM, TO THECHIEFS, INVITING THEM TO JOIN THE FOLD OF ISLAM,AND WHAT THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH, MAY ALLAHBLESS HIM, WROTE TO THE PEOPLE OF ARABIA ANDOTHERS-2

Parts II.73.2
He (Ibn Sad) said: Al-Haytham IbnAdi al-Ta’i informed us; he said:
Mujàlid Ibn Sa’id and Zakariyá Ibn Abi Zà’idah informed us on the
authority of al-Sha`bi; he said:
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, used to write after the style of
the Quraysh: In Thy name, 0 Allah! Then the verse, “Embark therein! In
the name of Allah be its course and its mooring,” (Qur’an, 11:41) was
revealed, and he began to write: In the name of Allah. Then the verse,
“Cry unto Allah or cry unto the Beneficent” (Qur’an, 17:110) was
revealed, and he began to write; In the name of Allah the Beneficent.
Then the verse, “Lo ! it is from Solomon, and Lo ! it is: In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful” (Qur’an, 27: 30) was revealed, and he
began to write: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.