{"id":130799,"date":"2024-11-13T11:14:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/?page_id=130799"},"modified":"2025-09-25T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:01:03","slug":"muslims-vs-arabs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/islamic-awareness\/islam-101\/muslims-vs-arabs","title":{"rendered":"Muslims vs. Arabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"section section--full-width section--hero section--acf-block section--acf-block-hero section--has-background section--hero-sticky section--color-scheme-light text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section__background\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"parallax\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/imam-us.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Vintage-map-world-1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"overlay\" style=\"\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container container-sticky\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 section__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-title\">Muslims vs. Arabs<\/h1>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Muslims vs. Arabs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many parts of the world throughout history, 7th-century Arabia was afflicted by the social ills of tribalism, genealogy, and racism. Within two decades of Prophet Muhammad\u2019s (pbuh&amp;hp) mission, nearly all the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula had been united as one nation. Within a century, this unity had spread across vast regions including India, Africa, Central Asia, China, and parts of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his final address, known as the \u201cFarewell Sermon,\u201d the Prophet (pbuh&amp;hp) reaffirmed Islam\u2019s stance on equality, declaring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cO\u2019 people, indeed, your Lord is One. You all come from Adam (p) and Adam is from clay. The best among you in the sight of God is the most righteous. There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab and vice-versa. Neither is the white superior over the black nor is the black superior over the white\u2013except by piety.\u201d<\/em> [i]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is natural to recognize the connection between Islam and the Arabian context: the Quran was revealed in Arabic, the Prophet (pbuh&amp;hp) was born in Mecca, and the religion first emerged in Arabia. Yet Islam makes clear that human worth is not tied to race, ethnicity, or background. All of humanity descends from Adam (p) and Eve (p), and superiority is based solely on piety and righteous action. Islam as a faith is distinct from Arab identity, and indeed the vast majority of the world\u2019s Muslims are not Arab. Conversely, many Arabs today identify as Christians, Jews, or belong to other traditions. The global Muslim community is richly diverse, with major populations in East and Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, China, Latin America, and the nations of Central Asia such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan\u2014most of whom are non-Arab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[i] Page 34 of Tuhaf al-Uqool by Ibn Shu\u2019bah al-Harrani and Page 3629 of Mizan al-Hikma by al-Mohammadi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1fb9aab6 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/islamic-awareness\/islam-101\/how-many-muslims-are-there\" style=\"border-radius:0px;font-size:16px\">&lt; How Many Muslims are there?<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/imam-us.org\/islamic-awareness\/islam-101\/what-else-do-muslims-believe\" style=\"border-radius:0px;font-size:16px\">What Else Do Muslims Believe? &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims vs. Arabs Like many parts of the world throughout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"parent":6368,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-130799","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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