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For other uses, see Wadd (disambiguation).
Wadd (Arabic: ود)"Love, Friendship", known variously as Ilumquh, ʻAmm and Sīn, was the Minaean moon god. Snakes were believed to be sacred to Wadd. He is mentioned in the Qur'ān (71:23) as a deity of the time of the Prophet Noah.
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa'; nor Yaghuth, and Ya'uq and Nasr. (Qur'an 71:23)
The Temple dedicated to Wadd was demolished on the orders of Muhammad, and those who resisted the demolition were killed, in the Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (2nd Dumatul Jandal)[1][2].
Sources
- The Book of Idols (Kitab Al-Asnam) by Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi
References
- ^ William Pickthall, Marmaduke (1967). Islamic culture, Volume 9. Islamic Culture Board. p. 191. ISBN 978-1142491741. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kpJCAAAAYAAJ&q=qatan. Original is from the University of Virginia
- ^ ibn al Kalbi, Hisham (1952). The book of idols: being a translation from the Arabic of the Kitāb al-asnām. Princeton University Press. p. 48. ASIN B002G9N1NQ. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=G4HXAAAAMAAJ.
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