Sermon in the Age of Ignorance مقالة

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(2) By referring to the aforementioned books, it must be said: for the pre-Islamic Arabs, the desert and the wilderness had a vast concept, and the qualities, individual and social habits, and topics mentioned in poetry and oratory were all due to living in vast, dry deserts, sometimes accompanied by danger and the struggle for survival. If we add tribal fanaticism and the boasting of the Arabs regarding themselves and their tribes to what we have said, it becomes clear how much of a role oratory played in the ordinary life of people in the Jahiliyyah era. Methods and Etiquette of Oratory in the Jahiliyyah Period Jahili orators had special habits and etiquettes in delivering their speeches. (10) Examples of the use of rhyme can be observed in the sermons of Aktham bin Saifi, Quss bin Sa'idah al-Iyadi (11), and Nufayl bin Abd al-Azzi (12) in the context of boasting against Abd al-Malik bin Hashim and Harb bin Umayyah. Aktham bin Saifi, who was an exemplar of honesty, knowledge, and wisdom in the Jahili era, reached such heights in calling for peace in most of his sermons that he surpassed the famous poet Zuhayr, and Aktham was the first orator to call people to peace and reconciliation. (24) The Oration of Quss bin Sa'idah al-Iyadi Despite the fact that the names of many Jahili orators are mentioned in books of the history of Arabic literature such as Al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin, Al-Aghani, Uqd al-Farid, Muhadarat al-Udaba, and Amali Qali, the number of speeches from this era that have reached us is very small.