References
1. Sūrat al-An‘ām 6:161-164.
2. That is, by duly slaughtering the animal wounded by the beast of prey.
3. Sūrat al-Mā’idah 5:3.
4. Sūrat al-An‘ām 6:138.
5. Most of the idols and deities worshiped by Arab pagans had female names, e.g. Lāt, Manāt, Nā’ilah etc.
6. This refers to the pagan practice of slitting the ears of camels as a sign of their dedication to pagan deities.
7. Sūrat al-Nisā’ 4:119.
8. That is, by duly slaughtering the animal wounded by the beast of prey.
9. Sūrat al-Mā’idah 5:3.
10. The pre-Islamic Arabs used these terms for individual camels and sheep, which were subject to such practices as the slitting of ears, the forbidding of their use for burden, their dedication to idols, and restriction of their flesh to males. The commentators give different descriptions of these primitive customs and their significance, reflecting probably their varying practice among pre-Islamic Arabs.
11. Sūrat al-Mā’idah 5:103.
12. Tafsīr ‘Illīyyīn, p. 124, exegesis of the above quoted verse, as quoted from “Majma‘ al-Bayān”.
13. Sūrat al-An‘ām 6:138-139.
14. Sūrat al-An‘ām 6:136.
15. Sūrat al-An‘ām 6:151.
16. Sūrat al-Isrā’ (or Banī Isrā’īl) 17:31.
17. This refers to the practice of pre-Islamic Arabs of burying their newborn daughters alive.
18. Sūrat al-Nahl 16:58-59.
19. That is, when he is brought the news of the birth of a daughter.
20. Sūrat al-Zukhruf 43:17.
21. Sūrat al-Zumar 39:3.
22. Sūrat Yūnus 10:104-106.
23. Sūrat al-Kāfirūn 109:1-6.
24. Most of the idols and deities worshipped by Arab pagans had female names, e.g., Lāt, Manāt, ‘Uzzā, Nā’ilah, etc.
25. Sūrat al-Nisā’ 4:117-118.