The Holy Quran 37:125 — Surah As-Saffat

Arabic text

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ

Translation

"Do you worship (your idol named) Ba'al and leave out the Best of all creators (Allaah)?"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Ilyas ﵇: Ilyas ﵇, according to some, is from the progeny of Harun ﵇. Allah sent him to Baalbek, a city in the land of Sham (Syria). Those people worshipped an idol named Baal. Ilyas ﵇ warned them of the wrath of Allah and of the evil end of idol-worship.

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