Deity
Yaghūth (Arabic "He Helps" يَغُوثَ) was a deity referred to in the Quran (71:23) as a god of the era of the Prophet Noah :
And they say: Forsake not your gods, nor forsake Wadd , nor Suwa' , nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr . (Qur'an 71:23)
Maulana Muhammad Ali adds the following commentary on the passage:
The names of the idols given here are those which existed in Arabia in the Prophet 's time, and hence some critics call it an anachronism. [...] According to IʿAb , the idols of Noah's people were worshipped by the Arabs, Wadd being worshipped by Kalb , Suwāʿ by Hudhail , Yaghūth by Murād , Yaʿūq by Hamadān and Nasr by Ḥimyar (B. 65:lxxi, 1). The commentators say that Wadd was worshipped in the form of a man, Suwāʿ in that of a woman, Yaghūth in that of a lion, Yaʿūq in that of a horse and Nasr in that of an eagle (Rz ).[1]
References
^ Maulana Muhammad Ali . The Holy Qur'an, with English Translation and Commentary ; 2002 edition (ISBN 0-913321-01-X). The quoted text appears in Ali's footnote on 71:23a (page 1138).
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Quran
Mentioned Ulul-ʿAzm ('Those of the Perseverance and Strong Will')Debatable ones
Implied
People of Prophets
Good ones
Adam's immediate relatives
Believer of Ya-Sin
Family of Noah
Luqman's son
People of Abraham
People of Jesus
People of Solomon
Zayd (Muhammad's adopted son)
People of Joseph People of Aaron and Moses
Evil ones Implied or not specified
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Implied
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Al-Jumuʿah (The Friday)
As-Sabt (The Sabbath or Saturday)
Days of battles
Days of Hajj
Doomsday
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12 months: Four holy months
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Al-Ḥajj (literally 'The Pilgrimage', the Greater Pilgrimage)
Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage)
Times for prayer or remembrance Times for
Duʿāʾ ('
Invocation '),
Ṣalāh and
Dhikr ('Remembrance', including
Taḥmīd ('Praising'),
Takbīr and
Tasbīḥ ):
Al-ʿAshiyy (The Afternoon or the Night)
Al-Ghuduww ('The Mornings')
Al-Bukrah ('The Morning')
Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ ('The Morning')
Al-Layl ('The Night')
Aẓ-Ẓuhr ('The Noon')
Dulūk ash-Shams ('Decline of the Sun')
Al-Masāʾ ('The Evening')
Qabl al-Ghurūb ('Before the Setting (of the Sun)')
Al-Aṣīl ('The Afternoon')
Al-ʿAṣr ('The Afternoon')
Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams ('Before the rising of the Sun')
Implied
Other
Holy books Objects of people or beings Mentioned idols (cult images) Of Israelites Of Noah's people Of Quraysh
Celestial bodies Maṣābīḥ (literally 'lamps'):
Al-Qamar (The Moon)
Kawākib (Planets)
Nujūm (Stars)
Plant matter
Baṣal (Onion)
Fūm (Garlic or wheat)
Shaṭʾ (Shoot)
Sūq (Plant stem)
Zarʿ (Seed)
Fruits Bushes, trees or plants
Liquids
Māʾ (Water or fluid)
Nahr (River)
Yamm (River or sea)
Sharāb (Drink)
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