The concept of dahr and Its Historical Perspective in the Ǧāhiliyya and Early Islam

The concept of dahr and Its Historical Perspective in the Ǧāhiliyya and Early Islam

Pavel Pavlovitch (The University of Varna)

Abstract

The article examines the concept of dahr, a dominant category in the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods. Special attention is given, amongst others, to the personal aspect of dahr, to dahr and the destiny of mankind and the world, and the changes in the concept in the two periods.

Keywords

the concept of dahr, pre-Islamic period, early Islamic period