“All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a
non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black
nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that
every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one
brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim
unless it was given freely and willingly.’
The classical black skinned kinky haired Arabs prior and shortly after the
revelation of the Quran, more often than not made it a point to distinguish
themselves from the Persians and other Indo-European fair skinned peoples.
They were very proud of themselves and their general appearance.
Ibn Mandhour says in the ancient Arabic lexicon Lisan Al-Arab:
"Lank سبطhair is the kind of hair that most non-Arab Persians and Romans have
while kinky جعدhair is the kind of hair that most Arabs have."
The ancient Persian Empire was not just restricted to the present day region
called Iran but also included parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey and
the southern borders of Russia. So all of those Indo-European Caucasian
nations who fell within the Empire were referred to as ’ajam (Persian/non-Arab