جاهلية

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  the state of ignorance
 * 2)  religious or moral ignorance (such as that which excuses culpability and guilt), ignorance of the divine laws; darkness, benightedness
 * 3)  ignorance of religious orthodoxy and canonical beliefs and practices, the dominance of heathen and ungodly practices, heathenism; paganism; polytheism (especially when referring to the beliefs in pre-Islamic Arabia)
 * 4)   pre-Islamic Arabia (conceived as an era of moral and religious ignorance)
 * 1)  religious or moral ignorance (such as that which excuses culpability and guilt), ignorance of the divine laws; darkness, benightedness
 * 2)  ignorance of religious orthodoxy and canonical beliefs and practices, the dominance of heathen and ungodly practices, heathenism; paganism; polytheism (especially when referring to the beliefs in pre-Islamic Arabia)
 * 3)   pre-Islamic Arabia (conceived as an era of moral and religious ignorance)
 * 1)   pre-Islamic Arabia (conceived as an era of moral and religious ignorance)