The names of the idols given here are those which existed in Arabia in
the Prophet's time, and hence some critics call it an anachronism. [...] According to
IʿAb, the idols of Noah's people were worshipped by the Arabs,
Wadd being worshipped by
Kalb,
Suwāʿ by
Hudhail, Yaghūth by
Murād,
Yaʿūq by
Hamadān and
Nasr by
Ḥimyar (
B. 65:lxxi, 1). The commentators say that Wadd was worshipped in the form of a man, Suwāʿ in that of a woman, Yaghūth in that of a lion, Yaʿūq in that of a horse and Nasr in that of an eagle (
Rz).[1]
References
^Maulana Muhammad Ali. The Holy Qur'an, with English Translation and Commentary; 2002 edition (
ISBN0-913321-01-X). The quoted text appears in Ali's footnote on 71:23a (page 1138).