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The Arabs had forgotten the religion
of
Nabi
Ibrahim [a] , of worshipping
One Allah, because of neglect.
They had taken idols as gods whom
they worshipped along with Allah.
Because they had no guide or
teacher their wonderful qualities of
bravery and courage were used to
harm the poor and the weak.
They drank wine and gambled.
They robbed and murdered. They
believed in every foolish supersti-
tion and would even offer human
beings as sacrifices to their imagi-
nary gods, thinking foolishly that
this would please them and bring
them great rewards.
They were especially cruel to the
women and the little girls, whom
they would sometimes bury alive,
under the hot dry desert sands, and
leave to slowly die, or to be eaten
