伊斯兰教创立前,世世代代的阿拉伯人独自生活在阿拉伯半岛一带,除了边缘地区的人以外,他们与外面的世界几乎没有任何联系。他们没有阅读和书写的知识,对书籍一无所知。他们用歌谣、讲故事这种口头文学的形式一代又一代地传递着文化。公元六世纪初,伊斯兰教创立并逐渐传播到了 Prior to the founding of Islam, Arabs from generation to generation living alone in the Arabian Peninsula, with the exception of the marginalized people, they almost no connection with the outside world. They have no knowledge of reading and writing, and no knowledge of books. They pass on culture from generation to generation in the form of oral literature such as ballads and storytelling. Islam was founded and gradually spread to the beginning of the sixth century