An image, authentic as well as comprehensive, of this Message is therefore onlyattainable through careful study and profound analysis of both backgrounds and issues of such abiography. Ever since the dawn of history, the Arabian Peninsula and its people have been called as such. The area is estimated between a million and a million and a quarter squaremiles.
Thanks to its geographical position, the peninsula has always maintained great importance.. Considering its internal setting, it is mostly deserts and sandy places, which has rendered it inaccessibleto foreigners and invaders, and allowed its people complete liberty and independence through the ages,despite the presence of two neighbouring great empires. Its external setting, on the other hand, caused it to be the centre of the old world and provided it withsea and land links with most nations at the time.
Thanks to this strategic position the Arabian Peninsulahad become the centre for trade, culture, religion and art. Arab kinfolks have been divided according to lineage into three groups: They were also calledQahtanian Arabs.
Who originated from the progeny of Ishmael. The pure Arabs β the people of Qahtan β originally lived in Yemen and comprised many tribes, two ofwhich were very famous: Naturally enough, the competition between Kahlan and Himyar led to the evacuation of the first and thesettlement of the second in Yemen. Details of their emigration can be summed up as follows: When he gained strength, he headed for Madinah where he stayed.
Later, they conquered the Haram, and settled in Makkah after having driven away its people, the tribe of Jurhum. Who dwelt in Bahrain but were expelled to Hadramout and Najd where they instituted a powerful government but not for long , for the whole tribe soon faded away. It is known that Abrahaml Peace be upon him eft Ar for Harran and then for Palestine, which he madeheadquarters for his Message.
