least allusion to humiliation or slackness. He would never hesitate to sacrifice himself to maintain  his ever alert sense of self-respect.
5. Firm will and determination: An Arab would never desist an avenue conducive to an object of  pride or a standing of honour, even if it were at the expense of his life.
6. Forbearance, perseverance and mildness: The Arab regarded these traits with great admiration,  no wonder, his impetuosity and courage-based life was sadly wanting in them.
7. Pure and simple bedouin life, still untarnished with accessories of deceptive urban appearances,  was a driving reason to his nature of truthfulness and honesty, and detachment from intrigue  and treachery.
Such priceless ethics coupled with a favourable geographical position of Arabia were in fact the factors  that lay behind selecting the Arabs to undertake the burden of communicating the Message (of Islam)  and leading mankind down a new course of life.
In this regard, these ethics per se, though detrimental in some areas, and in need of rectification in  certain aspects, were greatly invaluable to the ultimate welfare of the human community and Islam  has  did it completely.
The most priceless ethics, next to covenant-keeping, were no doubt their sense of self-esteem and  strong determination, two human traits indispensable in combatting evil and eliminating moral  corruption on the one hand, and establishing a good and justice-orientated society, on the other.
Actually, the life of the Arabs in the pre-Islamic period was rich in other countless virtues we do not  need to enumerate for the time being.