Medieval Muslim Views of Indian Religions

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3968507
AutoresYohanan Friedmann (autor correspondente)
Ano1975
Volume95
Fascículo2
Páginas214
Data de publicação1975-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/600318
OpenAlexW2333841338
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27

ACCORDING TO AN ISLAMIC TRADITION, India was the first country in which idolatry was practised and the ancient Arabian idols were of Indian origin. Indian idolatry began after Adam descended following his expulsion from Paradise on an Indian mountain called Buidh; after his death the sons of Sheth began to worship his body. Following this, a man from the sons of Cain offered to carve idols for his people so that they also would have an object of worship. He was the first man to do this. Later, in the time of Noah, the waters of the deluge washed the idols away from the Indian mountain on which they were placed, and swept them from country to country until they finally landed on the Arabian coast near Jidda. The legendary founder of Arabian idolatry, 'Amr b. Luhayy, was directed by a jinn to the place in which they were located. He found the idols and called upon all the Arabs to worship them. According to another tradition, reported by Firishtah, the Brahmans of India used to travel to Mecca in pre-Islamic times in order to pay homage to the idols and considered the Ka'ba the best place of worship.'

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