Wadd

Wadd (Arabic: ود‎) "Love and Friendship", known variously as Ilumquh, ʻAmm and Sīn, was the Minaean pagan moon deity. Snakes were believed to be a sacred symbol to Wadd. He is mentioned in the Qur'an (71:23) as a deity of the time of the Prophet Noah.
: And they say: By no means leave your deities, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa'; nor Yaghuth, and Ya'uq and Nasr. (Qur'an 71:23)
The Temple dedicated to Wadd was demolished on the orders of Muhammad, and those who resisted the demolition were killed, in the Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (2nd Dumatul Jandal).
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