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compose poetry that extolled the heroes of their tribe and the valor of their tribal warfare.
The Jews had a vested interest in such poetry as they knew it was capable of inflaming
and kindling tribal passions between the Aws and Khazraj which ultimately kept the
feuding alive between them.
The Anxiety of the Jews
The matter of the imminent coming of the expected prophet was a constant topic of
conversation among the Jews, even those who were secular and cared little for their
religion spoke of it among themselves.
The time came when traders returning from Mecca brought the news to Yathrib that a
man in Mecca laid claim to being the Prophet of Allah. The news was a shock, it
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disturbed them greatly because the man of whom they spoke was not a descendant of
Prophet Isaac, a Jew, but rather an Arab, a descendant of Prophet Ishmael. Each time a
The Jews had a vested interest in such poetry as they knew it was capable of inflaming
and kindling tribal passions between the Aws and Khazraj which ultimately kept the
feuding alive between them.
The Anxiety of the Jews
The matter of the imminent coming of the expected prophet was a constant topic of
conversation among the Jews, even those who were secular and cared little for their
religion spoke of it among themselves.
The time came when traders returning from Mecca brought the news to Yathrib that a
man in Mecca laid claim to being the Prophet of Allah. The news was a shock, it
5
disturbed them greatly because the man of whom they spoke was not a descendant of
Prophet Isaac, a Jew, but rather an Arab, a descendant of Prophet Ishmael. Each time a