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Surah Nuh, Verse 23

سورة نوح، الآية ٢٣

71:23 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 571 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 71:23

وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا ۝٢٣

Transliteration

waqālū lā tadharunna ālihatakum walā tadharunna waddan walā suwāʿan walā yaghūtha wayaʿūqa wanasran

Translation

And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'1764

Notes

[1764] These were the names of specific idols named after pious men of earlier generations.

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Verse 23 of Surah Nuh (71:23), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 571 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 23

Al-Mukhtasar

They said to their followers, “Do not leave the worship of your deities: do not leave the worship of your idols Wadd, Suwā‘, Yaghūth and Nasr.”

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Other translations of verse 23

They said, ‘Do not abandon your gods; and do not abandon Wadd, Suwā‘, Yaghūth, Ya‘ūq, and Nasr8.’

Notes

[8] These were the names of idols named after pious men of past generations before the time of Noah, to commemorate them. In later generations, people started worshiping these idols.

"And they have said: ‘You shall not leave your gods: nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwâ‘, nor Yaghûth, nor Ya‘ûq nor Nasr’ (these are the names of their idols).

And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr';-

And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.

And they have said, ‘Definitely do not leave (behind) your gods, and do not definitely leave behind Wadd, nor Suwac, nor Yaghûth, and Yacûq, and Nasr (These are names of pagan gods.

Verse 23 word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū And they said ق و ل
  2. لَا lā (Do) not
  3. تَذَرُنَّ tadharunna leave و ذ ر
  4. ءَالِهَتَكُمْ ālihatakum your gods أ ل ه
  5. وَلَا walā and (do) not
  6. تَذَرُنَّ tadharunna leave و ذ ر
  7. وَدًّا waddan Wadd و د د
  8. وَلَا walā and not
  9. سُوَاعًا suwāʿan Suwa س و ع
  10. وَلَا walā and not
  11. يَغُوثَ yaghūtha Yaguth
  12. وَيَعُوقَ wayaʿūqa and Yauq
  13. وَنَسْرًا wanasran and Nasr ن س ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4920

All the idols which were worshiped by the people of Noah were worshiped by the Arabs later on. As for the idol Wadd, it was worshiped by the tribe of Kalb at Daumat-al-Jandal; Suwa` was the idol of (the tribe of) Hudhail; Yaghouth was worshiped by (the tribe of) Murad and then by Bani Ghutaif at…

أَوْحَى الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ أَنِ انْصِبُوا إِلَى مَجَالِسِهِمُ الَّتِي كَانُوا يَجْلِسُونَ أَنْصَابًا، وَسَمُّوهَا بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فَفَعَلُوا فَلَمْ تُعْبَدْ حَتَّى إِذَا هَلَكَ أُولَئِكَ وَتَنَسَّخَ الْعِلْمُ…

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