Wadd"Love, Friendship", known variously as Ilumquh, ʻAmm and Sīn

Sin (mythology)

Sin or Nanna was the god of the moon in Mesopotamian mythology. Nanna is a Sumerian deity, the son of Enlil and Ninlil, and became identified with Semitic Sin. The two chief seats of Nanna's/Sin's worship were Ur in the south of Mesopotamia and Harran in the north.- Name :The original meaning of...

, was the Minaean

Minaeans

The Minaeans from Arabic or were an ancient Arab group in Yemen during the 1st millennium BC. Their Minaean Kingdom was one of important kingdoms in ancient Yemen and Southwestern Arabia...

 moon god. Snakes were believed to be sacred to Wadd. He is mentioned in the Qur'ān

Qur'an

The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...

 (71:23) as a deity of the time of the Prophet

Prophet

In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...

 Noah

Noah

Noah was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. The biblical story of Noah is contained in chapters 6–9 of the book of Genesis, where he saves his family and representatives of all animals from the flood by constructing an ark...

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And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa'

Suwa'

Suwa is mentioned in the Qur'ān 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....

; nor Yaghuth

Yaghuth

Yaghūth is an idol referred to in the Qur'an as a god of the era 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....

, and Ya'uq

Ya'uq

According to the Qur'an, Ya'uq was a deity worshipped in the days of Noah. Cults worshipping this idol existed in Muhammad's day as well....

 and Nasr

Nasr (idol)

Nasr is mentioned in the Qur'ān 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....

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Qur'an

The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...

 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)

Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (2nd Dumatul Jandal)

Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid to Dumatul Jandal, to demolish the pagan idol Wadd, took place in April 631 AD.This was the 2nd time Khalid was sent on a military campaign to Dumatul Jandal...

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