Qedarites, Quraysh, and Nabataeans
In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. The Quraysh and Nabataeans both descended from Banu Qedar. All of these tribes were purely Arabs and Arabic-speaking people. Qedar was the son of Prophet Ismail ibn Ibrahim (peace be upon them) and his descendants are called Banu Qedar , known as Qedarites in Western literature. The Quraysh and Nabataeans both descended from Banu Qedar. All of these tribes were purely Arabs and Arabic-speaking people. The Quraysh dominated Makkah and its surroundings while the Nabataeans populated Jordan, with their capital Petra. Dr. Jay Smith claims that the Arabic language of the Qur’an was not from Makkah but from the northern parts of the Arabian Peninsula around Jordan. He also claims that certain grammatical rules of the Qur’anic Arabic were borrowed from Nabataeans. On this basis, he concludes that the Qur’an wrongly claims its origin from Makkah. You can watch his claims in the following video: Dr. Jay Smith ignore...