正是在阿拉伯半岛，在麦加的沙丘之间，安拉（SWT）派遣了祂的使者穆罕默德ﷺ，将伊斯兰的讯息带给全人类，其中包含造物主为他们所选定的生活制度。在伊斯兰到来之前，人们过着无知和自私的生活，强者支配并压迫弱者。下面简要看看蒙昧时代人们的生活状况：

It was in the Arabian peninsula, among the sandhills of Makkah, that Allah (swt) sent His Messenger Muhammad (saw) to mankind bearing the message of Islam, containing the system of life that their Creator has chosen for them. Before its advent, people used to live a life of ignorance and selfishness, where the strong would dominate and oppress the weak. Here is a quick look at how life used to be in the days of ignorance :

* 一个人的忠诚首先属于他的家族，其次属于他的部落。无论家族或部落采取何种立场，他都会支持他们，不论其是否正义。部落之间的战争极为常见，而且常常因为最荒谬的原因持续数年。两个部落因一匹骆驼而展开的战斗，竟延续了数十年。

* A person’s allegiance was to his family and then to his tribe. Whatever position the family or tribe would take, he would support them regardless of whether they were just or not. Wars between tribes were very common and for the most absurd reasons could continue for years. A battle between two tribes over a camel lasted for decades.

商队或其他部落常常被劫掠财物，这有时是一个部落主要的生计来源之一。

* Caravans or other tribes were often raided for their possessions, and this was sometimes one of the main means of subsistence for a tribe.

饮酒、赌博和卖淫在当时非常普遍，这些恶习被视为正常且完全可以接受的社会习俗。

* Drinking, gambling and prostitution were very much widespread, and these vices were regarded as normal and perfectly acceptable social practices.

* 妇女根本没有任何权利。事实上，她们被视为财物，父亲去世后，儿子可以继承她们。由于对妇女持如此卑贱的看法，为了避免羞耻而在女婴出生时将其活埋的做法十分普遍。

* Women had no rights at all. In fact they used to be considered as goods that a son could inherit when the father passed away. Because of this lowly view regarding women, the habit of burying girls alive at birth to avoid shame was widespread.

市场交易的特点是欺诈、舞弊和腐败。人们一旦成为受害者，便会指责他人并与之争斗；而一有机会，他们自己又会去做同样的恶行。

* Trading in the markets was characterised by cheating, fraud and corruption. People would accuse and fight against others if they were the victims, while taking every opportunity to perpetrate the same crimes themselves.

* 部落首领是唯一的决策者，必须被无条件服从。正因如此，他享有许多好处，地位令人羡慕。这也意味着总有人在策划和密谋推翻他，并取代他的家族，或取代部落中其他家族的地位。

* The head of the tribe was the sole decision maker and he had to be obeyed blindly. He enjoyed many benefits as a result of this and thus his position was very enviable. This meant there was always someone planning and plotting to depose him and take over from his family or from other families in the tribe.

*为了满足宗教本能，人们崇拜树木、石头、动物、火、太阳和星辰等事物。如果对所崇拜的东西不满意，他们就会用枣子或与牛奶混合的粪便之类的东西，为自己另造一个偶像。*

* To satisfy the religious instinct people worshipped such things as trees, stones, animals, fire, the sun, and stars. If they were not satisfied with what they were worshipping they would make another idol for themselves out of things like dates or dung mixed with milk.

在这种对生命的错误理解、以及各种信仰与治理体系并存的环境之中,真主(SWT)派遣了穆罕默德ﷺ,向人类传达唯独崇拜独一真主的讯息。这意味着,唯有祂才是立法的根源,唯有祂才决定什么是正确的,什么是错误的。

Amid such corrupted understandings about life and amongst such beliefs and systems of running affairs, Allah (swt) sent Prophet Muhammad (saw) with the message to humanity to worship only one God. This meant that only He should be the source for legislation and He would be the one to define what is the right and what is the wrong.