العجم

العجم

Al-'Ajam in Arab speech are the non-Arabs who do not speak clear Arabic — above all the Persians in the Prophet's time. The Qur'an pairs 'ajami' with 'arabi' (41:44), and the hadith says «were faith hung on the Pleiades, men of Persian stock would take it» — and the sermons make Arab and non-Arab equal ^{1 2 3}.