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[[File:Al-Uzza with Zodiac.jpg|right|170px|thumb|The goddess al-Uzza at the Temple of Winged Lions in Petra.]] | [[File:Al-Uzza with Zodiac.jpg|right|170px|thumb|The goddess al-Uzza at the Temple of Winged Lions in Petra.]] | ||
The''' Satanic Verses''' (also the حديثة الغرانيق ''Gharaniq incident'') was an incident where | The''' Satanic Verses''' (also known as the حديثة الغرانيق ''Gharaniq incident'') was an incident where [[Muhammad]] reportedly acknowledged Allat, Manat, and al-Uzza, three deities or angels of the [[Pre-Islamic Arab Religion in Islam|Pagan]] Meccans in a [[Qur'an|Qur'anic]] [[revelation]], only to later recant and claim they were the words of the Devil. | ||
{{Quran-range|53|19|20}} mentions their names: "So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza? And Manat, the third - the other one?". One day when reciting these verses in the presence of the Meccan disbelievers while eager to gain acceptance from them, Muhammad reportedly succumbed to temptation from Satan, adding a verse, "They are the exhalted ''gharaniq'' whose intercession is hoped for". Gharaniq is thought to mean cranes (the bird), though some interpret it simply to mean female deities or angels. | {{Quran-range|53|19|20}} mentions their names: "So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza? And Manat, the third - the other one?". One day when reciting these verses in the presence of the Meccan disbelievers while eager to gain acceptance from them, Muhammad reportedly succumbed to temptation from Satan, adding a verse, "They are the exhalted ''gharaniq'' whose intercession is hoped for". Gharaniq is thought to mean cranes (the bird), though some interpret it simply to mean female deities or angels. | ||
In another passage ({{Quran|22|52}} and surrounding context), Satan is blamed for | In another passage ({{Quran|22|52}} and surrounding context), Satan is blamed for inserting words which were interpreted in a regrettable way by Muhammad's enemies and then abrogated. {{Quran-range|17|73|74}} in an [[Chronological Order of the Qur'an|earlier]] surah mentions an occasion when they had almost tempted him to compromise his message a little. | ||
The report of the satanic verses incident was apparently uncontroversial in the early centuries of Islam, though widely rejected by later Muslim scholars. Modern academic scholars today also generally reject the story, at least in terms of detail, though most agree that an interpolation of verses has occured at almost the same point in the surah. | The report of the satanic verses incident was apparently uncontroversial in the early centuries of Islam, though widely rejected by later Muslim scholars. Modern academic scholars today also generally reject the story, at least in terms of detail, though most agree that an interpolation of verses has occured at almost the same point in the surah. | ||