Re: MYL & HND was : Mille (thousand) [2]

My understanding is that Jahiyliya means "ignorance"
and refers to pre-Qur'anic times.

--- The Egyptian Chronicles
<The_Egyptian_Chronicles@...> wrote:

> Rick McCallister wrote:
>
> Jahiyliya refers to the spiritual, not necessarily
> intellectual, condition of the Arabs. They were
> definitely in contact with advanced civilizations,
> including your ancestors.
>
>
>
>

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> Ishinan's response: Actually, from a linguistic
> point of view there is nothing awkward about the
> name Gaahiyliyah. Quite the contrary. The pure
> Arabic tongue al-FuSHaa'
> (faa'+Saad+Haa'+'Alif+hamzah) or Classical Arabic is
> known as the Gaahiyliyah language which happens to
> be the language of the Qur'aan. While Post
> Gaahiyliyah, the beginning of the Islamic period,
> marks the beginning of the expansion of the Arabs
> across three continents and the deterioration of
> their language.
>

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