idols made of stone and wood.
They filled the Ka’bah with such
idols and images. The most famous
of these idols were four - Laat,
Manaat, Hubaal and Uzza. For
many centuries the Ka’bah
remained a holy place for the Arabs
who came from all over Arabia to
worship the idols instead of Allah.
It seemed as if the world was
plunged in evil and darkness. For
this reason, those days were called
‘
Ayyam al-Jahiliyyah
’, the ‘Days of
Ignorance’.
With all these wicked habits, the
Arabs had certain good qualities
too. They were extremely hos-
pitable towards their guests, loved
poetry, were very good horseman,
were brave and courageous and,
most of all, were very generous.
It was in this land of Arabia, in the
city of Makkah, that the last Prophet
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descendants
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images
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centuries
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plunged
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ignorance
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certain
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extremely
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hospitable
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poetry
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courageous
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fate
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especially
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expecting
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eagerly
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guardian
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