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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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In time
Summary
"Make us a Dhat Anwat"
Some of the army — many of them Meccans new to Islam — said to the Prophet: make us a Dhat Anwat as they have a Dhat Anwat 1. He rebuked their words and said: "God is greatest — you have said, by Him in whose hand Muhammad's soul is, as the people of Moses said: make us a god as they have gods. He said: you are a people who act in ignorance," and told them this was the way of things — that they would tread the ways of those before them 2.
For young visitors
Some of the new Muslims saw a great tree the polytheists venerated, hanging their swords on it, and asked for a tree like it for themselves. The Prophet taught them that monotheism needs neither idols nor sacred trees, and that their request resembled the people of Moses asking for an idol — so they learned a lesson in the oneness of worship.
Connections
- Had participant
- Muhammad
- Part of
- The Battle of Hunayn· The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· The siege of Ta'if· The Battle of Hunayn· The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· The Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'rana· The three years of the secret call· Ali's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 415
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 415; jami-al-tirmidhi
- Jami' al-Tirmidhi
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islam.museum contributors. “The Dhat Anwat incident”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/incident-of-dhat-anwat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.