ABSTRACT
While some of the Arabs led a nomadic life, obtaining their living from the rearing of camels, horses, cattle, and sheep, others were engaged in commerce; 1 and their caravans set out at regular intervals to the East and West. In Sûra 106 we read:—
“For the uniting of the Qoraish; uniting them for the caravan of winter and summer; 2 let them serve the Lord of this house, who feeds them against hunger, and makes them safe against fear.”
