REL 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Malik Ibn Anas, A Prophet, Quraysh
4 Apr 2016
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Semitic descendants of abraham trough his first son by hagar, ishmael (ism "il: hagar ----- abraham ----- sarah. Hagar + abraham = ishmael arabs (including the quraysh of mecca, muhammad"s tribe) Sarah + abraham = isaac jacob children of israel. Blood vengeance for the death of a member of one"s tribe/ clan/ family. The arabic proper name for god; termed used by islam for the one god, creator and sustainer of the universe. Etymologically, it is derived from the contraction of two words, al-il h, meaning the god (al + il h = all h) According to tradition, the city established where abraham left hagar and ishmael in the desert. Mecca became a center for trade and religious pilgrimage among the pre-islamic arabs, and was ruled by the tribe of quraysh. The structure said to have been built by abraham and ishmael as the first shrine to god, in.
