And it certainly succeeded, since in Mecca when Muhammad and Abu Bakr made a run for it up to Medina to avoid being killed by their own tribe, there were only about a 100 to 150 Muslim converts made in 13 years in Mecca by preaching.
When Muhammad got to Medina the sword came out and 10 years later when Muhammad died there were about 10,000 Muslims.
Today, there are over a Billion Muslims. -Tom
Great post. I didn’t know that.