Perseverance — Page xvi
Introduction 1 Islam’s indisputable supremacy was validated by the miraculous spiritual resurrection of Arabia, one of history’s most depraved societies. The Arabs experienced a revolutionary revival that redefined their destiny and destroyed their dependence upon idolatry. Their superstitions were shattered as the Unity of God was established in a manner never before witnessed in any nation – a manner that permeated literally every act of their lives from the time they woke up to the time they slept, from cradle to grave. History knows no parallel. Prior to Islam, Arab culture excelled in every kind of sin, vice and oppression. That period of Arab history is notoriously called al- J ā hiliyyah or the Ignorance. Arabs eagerly competed with one another in pursuit of pleasure: wine, women and wealth. No shame was entertained and no boundary was too extreme. They proudly boasted their trespasses in rhyming verse. There were 360 idols in Mecca and some idolaters 1 Arabic: In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. We praise Him and invoke blessings upon His Noble Messenger sa. [Publisher]