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 Even though that choosing prophets from among the people sometimes is followed by ridicule and denial of [[polytheist]]s and their pride and spite, it has a reason and wisdom that is introducing exemplar to people to follow, as prophets has been described in Qur'an. If prophets have been chosen from other beings than humans, they couldn't be exemplar for humanity and this is one of divine traditions that the prophet of each group should be from among them to be able to represent the religious message completely.
+==Religious Culture of Hijaz before Mab'ath==
+With the differences in the appearances, the religion of most people of the peninsula was idol-worshipping. In [[Yemen]], worshipping the moon and the sun was common. They considered the moon as the god and the sun as the goddess. Names such as 'Abd al-Shams, 'Abd al-Shariq, 'Abd al-Najm and 'Abd al-Thurayya are examples of this kind of worshipping. Worshipping spiritual concepts and invisible forces was the creed of some others.
+Worshipping stones and woods was a form of idol-worshipping. The temple of 'Uzza was three trees in a place between [[Mecca]] and [[Ta'if]] called Nakhla. The great idol of the people of Mecca and [[Quraysh]] was Hubal. Worshipping annoying spirits such as jinns, demons and afreets were also common in some parts of the peninsula.
+Also, divine religions the natures of which were transformed had followers in different parts of the land. Judaism was common in Yemen, Wadi al-Qura, [[Khaybar]] and [[Yathrib]], among the tribes of Bani Quraiza, Bani Qaynuqa' and Bani al-Nadir. Tribes of Taghlib, Ghassan and Quda'a in the north and Yemen in the south were Christian. Zoroastrianism and Buddhism existed in the north-east and Sabaeans' teachings were common in Yemen, Harran and northern regions of [[Iraq]].
+There were also few people who kept away from these creeds and stayed for some days in seclusion; as it is mentioned in some narrations that [['Abd al-Muttalib]], the grandfather of the Prophet (s) took [[tahannuth]] for the first time during the month of [[Ramadan]] in the [[cave of Hira']]. When the month of Ramadan came, he went to the cave of Hira' and gave food to needy people. After him, others such as [[Waraqa b. Nufil]] and Abu Umayya b. Mughayra followed him and stayed there until the end of the month.
+However, maybe they did not gather in one place such as the cave of Hira', but their seclusion was in the month of Ramadan which suggests the people's respect for the month of Ramadan and it can be a sign that this habit had an older origin and history. Those who had chosen such a manner and in general, those who were against idol-worshipping were called "Hunafa'" or "Ahnaf" (plural form for "hanif").
+===Imam Ali's (a) Description of Arab Life before Islam===
+According to what is mentioned in ''[[Nahj al-balagha]]'', [[Imam Ali (a)]] described Arabs before the beginning of the Prophet's (s) mission as following:
+:"Verily, Allah sent Muhammad (s) as a warner (against vice) for all the worlds and a trustee of His revelation, while you people of Arabia were following the worst religion and you resided among rough stones and venomous serpents. You drank dirty water and ate filthy food. You shed blood of each other and cared not for relationship. Idols were fixed among you and sins were clinging to you."
 == Bi'tha of the Prophet (s) ==