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，向人类传达伊斯兰的讯息，其中包含造物主为他们选定的生活制度。在伊斯兰到来之前，人们过着愚昧和自私的生活，强者支配并压迫弱者。下面简要看一看蒙昧时代的生活状况：

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什么立场，他都会支持他们，不论其是否公正。部落之间的战争非常普遍，而且可能因为最荒谬的原因持续数年。两个部落为了一头骆驼而爆发的战斗，竟然持续了几十年。

* 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.

商队或其他部落常被劫掠其财物，而这有时正是某个部落的主要生计来源之一。

* 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.

* 女性根本没有任何权利。事实上，她们曾被视为财物，父亲去世后，儿子可以像继承财产一样继承她们。正因为对女性抱有如此卑贱的看法，为了避免耻辱而在女婴出生时将其活埋的习俗十分普遍。

* 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.

市场中的交易充斥着欺骗、诈骗和腐败。人们一旦自己成为受害者，便指责他人、与人争斗，而一有机会，又会自己去实施同样的罪行。

* 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，人们必须盲目服从他。由此他享有许多好处，因此他的地位令人羡慕。这意味着总有人在策划和密谋推翻他，取代他的家族或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。若对所崇拜的对象不满意，他们便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.

在这些对生命的扭曲理解、以及各种信仰与治理体系并存的环境中,真主(SWT)派遣了先知穆罕默德ﷺ,向人类传达唯独崇拜独一之神的讯息。这意味着,唯有祂才是立法的根源,唯有祂才来界定什么是正确的,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.