Ya'uq

According to theQur'an,Yaʿūq(Arabic:يعوق) was an idol worshipped in the days ofNoah.A synagogue dedicated toRahmanannamed Ya'uq is mentioned in aSouth Arabianinscription as "mkrbn yʿwq".

And they say: Forsake not your gods, nor forsakeWadd,norSuwa',norYaghuthand Ya'uq andNasr.(Qur'an71:23)

Maulana Muhammad Aliadds the following commentary on the passage:

The names of the idols given here are those which existed in Arabia inthe Prophet's time, and hence some critics call it an anachronism. [...] According toIʿAb,the idols of Noah's people were worshipped by the Arabs,Waddbeing worshipped byKalb,SuwāʿbyHudhail,YaghūthbyMurād,Yaʿūq byHamadānandNasrbyḤimyar(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 is that of an eagle (Rz).