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Arabia before Islam
The Arabian peninsula before the Prophet: its shrines, its poets and its rites.
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The Kaaba before Islam: 5 ancient witnesses, weighed
Diodorus, Ptolemy, a new inscription, a Psalm and the Quran: 5 witnesses to the Kaaba, each weighed. Read on.
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5 facts about the Hanif poets, Musaylima and the Quran
Zayd ibn Amr, Waraqa and Musaylima are said to have supplied the Quran’s early content; the dates and surviving texts show otherwise.
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Which rites existed before Islam? 6 answers from the sources
Pilgrimage, the Black Stone, fasting and prayer: 6 answers on which rites pre-date Islam and what the Quran says about them.