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[1] In Chapter 71, Allah -azwj narrates the story of the people of Prophet Nuh, who persistently disbelieved and Allah -azwj Commended Nuh-as to warn his people but they mocked him, see Appendix for more details. Finally the Punishment of Allah -azwj Descended upon – the great Flood in which only those survived who remain with Prophet Nuh -as in his -as ship.

Abu Ja`far -asws (5 th Imam) says, regarding Allah -azwj ’s saying, “You do not expect any reverence for God (71:13) ,” Imam -asws said, “You do not fear any greatness for God.” [2] His -azwj Words: And they said, ‘Neither abandon your gods, nor abandon Wadd, nor Suwa’a, nor Yagous and Yaouq and Nasra’ [71:23] – He -asws said: ‘There was a group of believers before Noah -as . They died, so the people grieved upon them. Then Iblees -la came and took their images for them to be cordial with these.

When the winter came, they brought these into the houses. That generation passed away, and another generation came, so Iblees -la came and said to them, ‘They are your gods. Your fathers were worshipping these, therefore you should worship these’. And a lot of people from them strayed, so Noah -as supplicated against them, and Allah -azwj Destroyed them’’. [3] ‘Neither abandon your gods, nor abandon Wadd, nor Suwa’a, nor Yagous and Yaouq and Nasra’ [71:23] .

He -asws said: ‘Wadd was an idol of the dog, and Suwa’a was for (clan of) Hazeyl, and Yagous was for (clan of) Murad, and Yaouq was for (clan of) Hamdan, and Nasr was for (clan of) Haseyn’’.