The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 337
PT. 29 NŪḤ CH. 71 وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّلِمِينَ And they have led many. 25 الاصللان astray; so increase Thou not the wrongdoers but in error. ' مِمَّا خَطَيْتِهُم أغْرِقُوا فَأَدْخِلُوا نَارًا Because of their sins they. 26 فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْصَارًا ŠJE, وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكُفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا were drowned and made to enter Fire. And they found no helpers for themselves against Allah. 27. And Noah said, 'My Lord, leave not on the land a single dweller of the disbelievers; 4396 a14:37. 21:78; 26:121; 37:83; 54:12-13. him. was an idol belonging to the tribe of Murad. Its votaries believed that it helped them when they called for help. (Ya'uq) is derived from 3. They say a i. e. he hindered or prevented or withheld him from such a thing (Lane). was an idol belonging to the tribe of Hamdān. It was in the shape of a horse, representing swiftness. Its votaries believed that it prevented the enemy from doing harm to its worshippers, and warded off calamities from them. (Nasr) is derived from. They sayi. e. the bird tore it with its beak. means, eagle or vulture (Aqrab). It was an idol of the Dhul- Kilā tribe. It was in the shape of an eagle or vulture, representing long life or insight. Commentary: From time immemorial, man, in his ignorance, has worshipped forces of nature, idols made of wood or stone, and human beings. Noah's people were steeped in idol worship. They had many idols, the five mentioned in the verse under comment being the most popular. The Arabs, several centuries afterwards, are supposed to have brought them from Iraq; Hubal, their most famous idol, was brought from Syria by ‘Amir bin Loḥay; their own principal idols being Lāt, Manāt and 'Uzzā. Or the Arabs might have named their own idols after the idols of the tribe of Noah as the two peoples were not very distant from each other and there was general intercourse between them. There is nothing impossible or improbable in the neighbouring idolatrous peoples having identical names for their idols. two 4396. Important Words: ,and means دار is derived from ديار 3233 one who lives in a house. They say ¿L i. e. there is no one in the house (Lane). Commentary: God's Prophets are full of the milk