Protects how ?
And so there is some interleaving between Arabic and ancient Iranian culture.
Protects by keeping the dark forces of the Draegvant at bay.
The Arabs were our vassals for 5000 years.
Persian culture colored everything about their conscious thought.
To the extent that they pray like us. And all their divine stories and concepts are versions of ours.
Which is not difficult to understand, seeing how Zoroastrian thought and theology impacted Judaism and Christianity deeply before Islam.
Same part of the world. Same people.
Round and round the merry go round.
Cheers, Doc