Allah's statement: {And said: Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwā‘ or Yaghūth and Ya‘ūq and Nasr} [Sūrat Nūh: 23]. Ibn ‘Abbās said: These are names of some pious men of the people of Nūh (Noah)
عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما في قول الله تعالى : (وَقَالُوا لا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلا سُوَاعًا وَلا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا) قال: "هذه أسماء رجال صالحين من قوم نوح، فلما هَلَكوا أَوحى الشَّيطان إلى قَومِهِم أنِ انْصِبُوا إلى مَجَالِسِهِم الَّتي كانوا يَجْلِسون فيها أنصَابًا، وسَمُّوها بأسمَائِهِم، فَفَعَلُوا، ولم تُعْبَد، حتَّى إِذَا هَلَك أُولئك ونُسِيَ العلم عُبِدت".
Explanation
Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) explained this noble verse; he said that the idols which Allah, the Exalted, mentioned – which the people of Nūh worshiped generations after generations after Nūh (peace be upon him) had prohibited them from polytheism – are originally names of pious men. They, however, extolled them extremely. So Satan deceived them until they made statues, which eventually led to those statues being worshiped.
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