Jahiliyyah

English Alternative forms en al-Jahiliyah jahalia jahhiliya jahiliya Jahiliyya Etymology en :bor ar:جَاهِلِيَّة<t:ignorance> + 1 Proper noun en Islam religious The supposed condition of ignorance, barbarism and unbelief, that, according to Islamic tradition, was prevalent in Arabia before the coming of Islam. 1834: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 422 (Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society) Some valuable chapters are occupied with the drawing of parallels between the Arabian Jāhiliyyah, or pre-Islamic period, and Greek heroic antiquity; some others with the history of Arabic poetry, and an endeavour to define the characteristics of the different periods and their chief representatives.