At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Summary
In the historians' classification
Historians divided the Arab peoples, by the lineages they descend from, into three divisions: first the Perished; then the Pure Arabs (al-'Arba), descended from Ya'rub ibn Yashjub ibn Qahtan; and then the Arabised Arabs (al-Musta'riba), descended from the loins of Ishmael 1. The Sealed Nectar does not go beyond naming the peoples of the Perished. See the general entry The location of the Arabs and their peoples.
What is not covered here
The accounts of 'Ad and Thamud in the Qur'an, and the accounts of Tasm and Jadis in Yamama as the narrators of history relate them, are set out in their own entries.
For young visitors
The Perished Arabs were very ancient peoples who lived in the Arabian Peninsula and then vanished. Only a little of their story remains.
People and things also explored
Taj Mahal· Abawan (the two parents)· Justice among co-wives· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Ahl al-Nasab (the kin by descent, and who counts as kin in bequests and endowments)· Akdariyya (a named inheritance case)· Brother (full, paternal and maternal) in law
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.16
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Extinct Arabs”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/al-arab-al-baida/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.