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Arabic literature emerged in the 6th century, with only fragments of the written language appearing before then. The Qur'an, from the 7th century, had the greatest and longest-lasting effect on Arabic culture and literature. Al-Khansa, a female contemporary of Muhammad, was an acclaimed Arab poet. Antara and Abla.
Arab identity (Arabic: الهوية العربية) is the objective or subjective state of perceiving oneself as an Arab and as relating to being Arab. Like other cultural identities , it relies on a common culture, a traditional lineage, the common land in history, shared experiences including underlying conflicts and confrontations.
Al-Arab al-Ba'ida (Arabic: العرب البائدة ), "The Extinct Arabs", were an ancient group of tribes in pre-Islamic Arabia that included the ‘Ād, the Thamud, the Tasm, the Jadis, thelaq (who included branches of Banu al-Samayda ), and others. The Jadis and the Tasm are said to have been exterminated by genocide. [10]
Arabic ( اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, al-ʿarabiyyah [al ʕaraˈbijːa] ⓘ or عَرَبِيّ, ʿarabīy [ˈʕarabiː] ⓘ or [ʕaraˈbij]) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. [14] The ISO assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of ...
Arab Muslims ( Arabic: ﺍﻟْمُسْلِمﻴُّﻮﻥ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ al-Muslimiyyūn al-ʿArab) are the largest subdivision of the Arab people and the largest ethnic group among Muslims globally, [1] followed by Bengalis [2] [3] [4] and Punjabis. [5] Likewise, they comprise the majority of the population of the Arab world. [6] [7]
The plural noun ʾaʿrāb refers to the Bedouin tribes of the desert who rejected Islam, for example in Quran 9:97 , الأعراب أشدّ كفرًا و نفاقًا. al-ʾaʿrāb-u ʾašadd-u kufr-an wa-nifāq-an. "the Bedouin are the worst in disbelief and hypocrisy ". Based on this, in early Islamic terminology, عرب ʿarab referred to ...
e. Arabization or Arabicization ( Arabic: تعريب, romanized : taʻrīb) is a sociological process of cultural change in which a non-Arab society becomes Arab, meaning it either directly adopts or becomes strongly influenced by the Arabic language, culture, literature, art, music, and ethnic identity as well as other socio-cultural factors.
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