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No surprise. Arabs back in those days have been known to have an excellent memory. At a very young age, Arab kids were able to memorize hundreds if not nearly
by rokhayakebe 18y ago
No surprise. Arabs back in those days have been known to have an excellent memory. At a very young age, Arab kids were able to memorize hundreds if not nearly a thousand of mid sized poems. This is probably why he was able to accumulate a deep knowledge in so many fields. Muslims have inherited this from Arabs. I have several friends who have memorized the entire Koran to the point where you open a page, start to read and they take it from there.
Arabs also were very well traveled individuals due to their commerce. They went from place to place, spending time with different communities and keeping notes. This is why they had a vast knowledge.
Arabs loved knowledge. They were great scholars. One of the teachings of the prophet of Islam was that Muslims are recommended to travel all the way to China to acquire knowledge. Back then traveling to China was probably like asking someone to bike from San Diego to Canada going through the mountains and desert.
- rsheridan6 18y agoThis guy was a Persian. They are a different ethnic group with a different language and history.
- rokhayakebe 18y agoPersian and Arabs share a whole lot of similarities. I lived with a Persian family for nearly 6 months so I have experienced it. On the other hand I lived 12 years across the street from a Arab family and I went to school with a few Arabs as well. I know Arabs, Persian, Assyrian..
- fharper1961 18y agoYeah, just don't tell any Persians that they're similar to Arabs; unless you wan them to feel insulted that is. Suppose you're from the USA, how would you feel if someone says you're similar to Mexicans?
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- rsheridan6 18y agoFunny, that's the same analogy a Persian made to me when explaining the difference between Persians and Arabs - that they're as different as the US and Mexico.
- rokhayakebe 18y agoAt one point in history Persia was ruled by the Samanids who practiced Islam. If you said Islam in those days, you said Arab. Although he may be Persian, you can most definitely be sure that he was deeply influenced by the Arabic tradition and culture.
- maxklein 18y agoPlease don't lump muslims into one huge group that have "inherited" something from Arabs. It's very inaccurate.
- rokhayakebe 18y agoMaxklein, Saying Muslims did not inherit a big portion of their tradition and culture from Arabs is like saying Africans did not inherit tradition and culture from colonials. Now, I am both African and Muslim since birth. If you look at my username it says Rokhaya which is 100% Arabic and Kebe which is a common last name in West Africa. Out of the 9 main languages in my country you will find plenty Arabic words in each one of them, yet you will not find as much of one language in another. Secondly we are thought to memorize everything in academia and that we are able to do mostly because before going to school we spent our early days memorizing the Koran. Not understanding, not even being able to read in some cases, but memorizing the parchments. Can you please explain further your statement and give some examples, and I will be able to go even further.
- maxklein 18y agoMuslims are very diverse, and of course there has been a strong arabic influence on the cultures of places that follow the muslim customs. Your statement was this: "This is probably why he was able to accumulate a deep knowledge in so many fields. Muslims have inherited this from Arabs." There are more than a billion muslims in the world. They span from Indonesia to East Africa to the Western Coast of Africa through to the the Middle East and Afghanistan. Accumulating deep knowledge in a field is not something that was inherited from the Arabs. It is something that comes from the local culture and the local traditions. Some muslim societies value deep knowledge, some do not. Islamic societies have a common bond, but they are still VERY different. You are over-generalising, and I am pointing out that the role of religon on the many different cultures has not been estabished.
- rokhayakebe 18y agoYou are correct and I totally agree, I ll be more careful in the future.