Vol. 16, Issue 1, Jul-Dec 2023

Page: 32-46

Personal Characteristics of the Arabs Before Islam

Rawa Abdal-Sattar Ali

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The traits and characteristics that distinguished the Pre-Islamic Arabia, only give the picture of the true characteristics of the ideal Arab individual as he should be. These features were stronger the closer we approached the era of prophecy, and weakened the farther we moved away from the era of prophecy. In order to know the personal characteristics of the Pre-Islamic Arabia, we have discussed in our current research the historical origins of those qualities and characteristics that the Pre-Islamic Arabia, as well as the divisions and types of those characteristics, whether they were (psychological, moral, mental and physical), and the most important sub-indicators that Distinguished by our Arab ancestors before Islam.

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