Jahiliyah Jahiliyah, literally `ignorance`, is a concise expression for the pagan practice of the days before the advent of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.). Jahiliyah denotes all those world-views and ways of life which are based on rejection or disregard of heavenly guidance communicated to mankind through the Prophets and Messengers of God; the attitude of treating human life - either wholly or partly - as independent of the directives of God. Ayyam al-Jahiliyah, or `The Days of Ignorance` in the books of history, indicate the period before the Prophet hood of Muhammad when the people in Arabia forgot the teachings of their Prophets and indulged in stupid practices.