It is a kind of worship and reverence to them.

It is a kind of worship and reverence to them.[^11]102 In confirming their contention, they have pointed to the practice of the Arabs of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance { ayyam al-jahiliyyah } who, on any occasion—related to birth or death, good or bad anniversary—would gather in idol-temples and celebrate, or mourn accordingly. Although they believed in One God, they also thought that these products of their own hands (i.e.