What did the Arabs think about Islam?

Answer 1

Most of the Arabs rejected the message of Islam in the first time of it, they were bigoted to the astray belief of their parents which is worshipping idols beside God (polytheism), some knew the truth of the message & were amazed by the Holy Quran but they rejected to believe due to their arrogance, many of those disbelievers attacked Islam through the prophet Muhammad PBUH & the persecuting to the small number of believers.

Muhammad PBUH migrated with the believers from Mecca to Yathreb (Al-Madeenah) where He established the first Islamic community with the believers of Yathreb (Al-Ansar), with the time passing people started to convert to Islam as they realized the truth of the message & the greatness of the prophet Muhammad in particular & all the Muslims in general & realized their morals.

The Islamic community became stronger & stronger.

Muhammad PBUH with His Muslim companions returned to Mecca in 8 hijreah & they entered the city without fighting although they were a strong power at that time, it was a day of remission, an act of grace that forced all people of Mecca to convert to Islam after this huge mercy from Muhammad & that tolerance of Islam despite all the torment they caused to the believers.Mecca became an Islamic city & its people became Muslims. In the follwing year the Arabian tribes of the Arabic Peninsula came to Muhammah PBUh & converted to Islam in large numbers, that year is called the year of delegations.

The Islamic Empire stretched more & more even after the death of Muhammad PBUH.

Now, the Majority of Arabs are Muslims.

The Islamic Nation is wide & lives all over the world. Among all the Muslims today, Arabs are only 20 %. This assures that the message of Islam is universal.

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Answer 2

The Quarish began to ridicule and oppose him. They feared that Arabs would no longer come to mecca to worship at the Kaaba.