The Arab's knowledge in these domains was sporadic...

The Arab's knowledge in these domains was sporadic, unorganized and mostly based on lucky guesses. This sort of knowledge came down to them through elderly women and men of the tribe. It could not be termed science. For instance, the Arabs’ knowledge of astronomy was limited to the recognition of some stars and the time of their rising and setting.

This kind of knowledge was necessary for the navigation of their camels on the vast expanses of the deserts or the recognition of the time for prayers. Ibn Khaldun states, Their knowledge of medicine was based, most often, on short-lived and narrow experiences. This sort of medicine was inherited from elderly men and women from one generation to another.

Some sick people might haphazardly be cured, but these treatments were not based on any laws.[^93] The medical treatment of some physicians such as Harith ibn Kildah was of this sort. An illiterate nation In the interpretation of the Holy Qur'an, people of Hijaz were illiterate. They had remained as illiterate as when they were born. They could neither write nor read.

Al-Buladhari states: At the advent of Islam, only seventeen persons in Quraysh and Yathrib and eleven others from the tribes of Aws and Khazraj could read or write.[^94] This situation existed in spite of the fact that people of Quraysh were affluent in Mecca and business and trade naturally asked for a trader to be literate. Thus, how is it possible for such an advanced stage of science?

Poetry At the Ignorance Era, the only privilege the nomadic Arabs possessed was their skill in poetry and rhetoric. Poetry, in particular, had reached its climax.

Poets played the roles of historians, genealogists, satirists, moralists, journalists, fortune-tellers and war-announcers.[^95] In those days, the great Arab poets used to present their poems at season-bazaars, such as the bazaar of `Ukaz, Dhi’l-Majaz, and al-Majannah,[^96] which were held in the form of trade, literary and general exhibitions.

The selection of any poem as a masterpiece was a great sign for the poet and his tribe and his poem was hung on the Kaaba's walls.[^97] For this reason, they were called al-Mu`allaqat (the suspensions). Arab poems, despite their superficial eloquence, lacked sublime thoughts and richness due to the fact that this nation lacked proper culture and civilization.