Yaghūth (Arabic "He Helps" يَغُوثَ) or Jageth, if translated to English, was a deity or idol referred to in the Quran (71:23) as a god of the era of the Islamic 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 comments:
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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- 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)
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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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Pilgrimages |
- Al-Ḥajj (literally 'The Pilgrimage', the Greater Pilgrimage)
- Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage)
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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')
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Celestial bodies | Maṣābīḥ (literally 'lamps'):
- Al-Qamar (The Moon)
- Kawākib (Planets)
- Nujūm (Stars)
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Plant matter |
Baṣal (Onion)
Fūm (Garlic or wheat)
Shaṭʾ (Shoot)
Sūq (Plant stem)
Zarʿ (Seed)
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Liquids |
- Māʾ (Water or fluid)
- Nahr (River)
- Yamm (River or sea)
- Sharāb (Drink)
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Note: Names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form: Islamic name / Biblical name (title or relationship) |