Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Bukhārī Muslim Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Nasāʾī Ibn Mājah Dārimī Aḥmad Mālik Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
quran:53:20 –

And Manat, the third - the other one?

and Manāt, the third, of the preceding two, the other? (al-ukhrā, a derogatory qualification of the third one). These were stone idols which the idolaters worshipped and which they claimed interceded for them with God (the first direct object of a-fa-ra’aytum, ‘have you seen’, is al-Lāt and what has been supplemented thereto; the second ˹direct object˺ has been omitted). The meaning then is, ‘Inform Me: do these idols have the power over anything, such that you worship them besides God Who has the power over all that has been mentioned?’ And because of their assertion also that the angels were God’s daughters, despite their aversion to daughters, the following was revealed:

القرآن:٥٣:٢٠ –

وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ

{ومناة الثالثة} للتين قبلها {الأخرى} صفة ذم للثالثة وهي أصنام من حجارة كان المشركون يعبدونها ويزعمون أنها تشفع لهم عند الله، ومفعول أفرأيتم الأول اللات وما عطف عليه والثاني محذوف والمعنى أخبروني ألهذه الأصنام قدرة على شيء ما فتعبدونها دون الله القادر على ما تقدم ذكره، ولما زعموا أيضا أن الملائكة بنات الله مع كراهتهم البنات نزلت.

Add your own reflection below:

Sign in from the top menu to add or reply to reflections.