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By Franz Rosenthal
In wisdom successful, Franz Rosenthal observes that the Islamic civilization is person who is largely characterised via wisdom ('ilm), for ''ilm is a type of recommendations that experience ruled Islam and given Muslim civilization its specific form and complexion.
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This would suggest that some more speciÀc and meaningful connotation was concealed behind the term. ”26 Jâhilîyah may represent the Jewish word assimilated by the Prophet to the common Arabic root j-h-l. This need not have occurred very early in his career, nor must it have taken place at any deÀnable juncture of his life, since employment of the widely known Jewish 25 Cf. Horovitz, Koranische Untersuchungen, 61 f. Later Jewish scholars, among them Maimonides, did not forego the temptation of connecting jâhilîyah with gâlû³.
Below, p. 210. n. 2. 26 the revelation of knowledge “knowledge” in certain circles of Oriental Christianity. John the Hermit ( John of Apameia) uses î¦a{³â as a fundamental term. His work is possibly to be dated in the Àrst half of the sixth century, although this date and his authorship of some of the material published under his name are highly uncertain. In the words of its editor, î¦a{³â “is used to indicate an ability lodged in human nature. It is also used with reference to an ability that can be acquired by a life of resignation and, especially, quietude.
However, al-ûlâ may as well be understood as “Àrst” in the general sense of “from early times,” as is often the case in the Qurxân. This seems to be the more likely interpretation. It would deÀne al jâhilîyah al-ûlâ rather noncommittally as “previous jâhilîyah” (where jâhilîyah could be “ignorant persons”). It suggests, however, the placing of al-jâhilîyah into a more remote past than is required by the context of the other three passages. 25 Some notion akin to agnoia was no doubt in the mind of Muammad when he used the word, and the later understanding of jâhilîyah is in agreement with the sentiment expressed in the passage of the New Testament.