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Summary
Suwa' is one of the five idols of Noah's people that the Qur'an names. In al-Raheeq al-Makhtum's narration from al-Bukhari, Amr ibn Luhayy brought it out of Jeddah and handed it to the tribes 1 2.
Among the idols of Noah's people
Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum mentions that Amr ibn Luhayy had a jinn familiar who told him that the idols of Noah's people, Wadd, Suwa', Yaghuth, Ya'uq and Nasr, were buried at Jeddah. He went there, unearthed them, and brought them to Tihama. When the pilgrimage season came, he gave them to the tribes, and they took them back to their homelands, until each tribe had an idol and then each house 1 2. The rites of its worship are covered in Idol worship in the Jahiliyya.
Not covered here
Suwa's place among Hudhayl at Rahat, in the data of this entry.
For young visitors
Suwa' is a very ancient idol from the time of Noah's people, which came to the tribe of Hudhayl.
Connections
- Held by
- Hudhayl
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Unays's mission to kill Khalid ibn Sufyan ibn Nubayh al-Hudhali· Khalid ibn Sufyan ibn Nubayh al-Hudhali· Utba ibn Mas'ud· Hudhayl· The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· Intellectual invasion (al-ghazw al-fikri) in the Sheikh's view· Islamic management· Media and the responsibility of its producers
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.35
- Sahih al-Bukhari , 1/222
- Akhbar Makka — al-Azraqi
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islam.museum contributors. “Suwāʿ”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/suwa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.