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The origin of idolatry
In his version, ibn Jarir al-Tabari narrated :
" There were righteous people who lived in the period between Adam and Noah and who had followers who held them as models. After their death, their friends who used to emulate them said: 'If we make statues of them, it will be more pleasing to us in our worship and will remind us of them.' So they built statues of them, and, after they had died and others came after them, Iblis crept into their minds saying: 'Your forefathers used to worship them, and through that worship they got rain.' So they worshipped them."
Various Hadith Describing the Origin of Idolatry | Nuh (Noah) | Stories of the Prophets | History | Qur'an & Hadith | Alim.org
In his version, ibn Jarir al-Tabari narrated :
" There were righteous people who lived in the period between Adam and Noah and who had followers who held them as models. After their death, their friends who used to emulate them said: 'If we make statues of them, it will be more pleasing to us in our worship and will remind us of them.' So they built statues of them, and, after they had died and others came after them, Iblis crept into their minds saying: 'Your forefathers used to worship them, and through that worship they got rain.' So they worshipped them."
Various Hadith Describing the Origin of Idolatry | Nuh (Noah) | Stories of the Prophets | History | Qur'an & Hadith | Alim.org