Nuh 71:23
Noah · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 571
Do Not Leave Your Gods
وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدࣰّا وَلَا سُوَاعࣰا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرࣰا ٢٣
And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa’, nor Yaghuth and Ya’uq and Nasr.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
“Do not leave your gods; do not leave Wadd, Suwa‘, Yaghuth, Ya‘uq or Nasr.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, these were the names of the idols they held greatest; differences of rank among them are hinted at by repeating or omitting the word “la”.
Reflect
Notice where your heart attaches to something other than Allah.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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