{
 "id": "concept/azlam",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "azlam",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الأزلام",
  "en": "Divining Arrows"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الأزلام: قداح يستشيرون بها الأمر قبل العزم عليه؛ نهى القرآن عنها مع الأنصاب ضمن أعمال الشيطان.",
  "en": "Azlam: divining arrows consulted before undertakings — forbidden in the Qurʾan among Satan’s works."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "tradition-versus-culture"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "belief",
  "sources": [
   "source/mubarakpuri-raheeq"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin; al-Raheeq al-Makhtum pp. 35–47"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "نبذة",
     "markdown": "الأزلام: قداح بلا ريش كان الجاهلي يستشير بها المجهول قبل العزم على الأمر؛ من قرائن الأصنام التي نهى عنها القرآن."
    },
    {
     "heading": "القصة",
     "markdown": "كانوا إذا أرادوا أمراً ضربوا بالقداح الثلاثة — «افعل» و«لا تفعل» و«ملفوظ» — فما خرج أخذوا به، وكانت هذه القداح عند هبل داخل الكعبة {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq}.\n\nفجاء القرآن يعدّها من الأنصاب والرجس: «إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ» {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "للزوار الصغار",
     "markdown": "كانوا يقرعون بأسهم مكتوب عليها «افعل» و«لا تفعل» ليقرروا أمورهم، فحرّم الإسلام ذلك."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/azlam",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Azlam: featherless arrows by which the Jahili consulted the unknown before resolving on a matter; among the idolatrous practices the Qur'an forbade."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The story",
     "markdown": "When they intended something they would cast the three arrows — \"Do\", \"Do not\" and \"Deferred\" — and take whatever came out; these arrows were kept at Hubal inside the Ka'ba {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq}.\n\nThe Qur'an then counted them among the ansab and defilement: \"Wine, gambling, the ansab and the azlam are filth of Satan's work\" {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "For young visitors",
     "markdown": "They used to draw lots on arrows inscribed \"Do\" and \"Do not\" to decide their affairs; Islam forbade that."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/azlam",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/anwa",
  "concept/hama",
  "concept/hums",
  "concept/jahili-marriage-forms",
  "concept/kahana",
  "concept/maysar",
  "concept/nasi",
  "concept/sacred-livestock-jahiliyya"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}