Khabbab ibn al-Aratt

Khabbāb ibn al-Aratt, c. 585 – c. 660, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad whom Islamic tradition regards as one of the ten earliest converts to Islam. Born as a slave in Mecca, he later became a swordsmith and was able to build up enough of a reputation to eventually get freed by his master. His beautiful recitation of the Quran is said to have been the direct cause of Umar ibn al-Khattab's conversion to Islam in c. 616.