pre-Islamic
Adjective
Meaning
pre-Islamic (not comparable)
Prior to the rise of Islam
Examples
According to this view, Nasī’ is related to the pre-Islamic practices of the Meccan Arabs, where they would alter the distribution of the forbidden months within a given year without implying a calendar manipulation.
A challenge to Islam for reformation: the rediscovery and reliable reconstruction of a comprehensive pre-Islamic Christian hymnal hidden in the Koran under earliest Islamic reinterpretations.
Although the early history of magic squares in Persia is not known, it has been suggested that they were known in pre-Islamic times.
Arches of a similar type were used in the Near East in pre-Islamic *citation as well as Islamic architecture before they were structurally employed in medieval architecture.
And the people are of different natures: The best in the pre-Islamic period are the best in Islam.
By this claim they connect themselves to the greater narrative of Arab-Islamic civilization, with origins that are more highly valued socio-culturally than genealogy of an ancient or pre-Islamic descent.