Pre-Islamic Arabia
Jaahiliyyah is not merely ignorance, but rather, in the extreme sense, a state of mind that reflects the qualities of knowing the truth but stubbornly refusing to acknowledge it. His story of encounter with the idols and pagans of his time is well-known, and the Qur'an speaks of this in several places (See, for instance, Soorat ai-Baqarah, 2:258-260.
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