Originating in the Sirat Rassul Allah, they praise the goddesses Allat, al-Uzza, and Manat, as the "exalted Gharaniq whose intercession is hoped for," where Gharaniq is a logomen translated as "Numidian cranes."
According to the account of al-Tabari, only the aged shayk al-Walīd bin al-Mughīra did not become prostrate due to them, instead covering his head with soil. Originating in the Sirat Rassul Allah, they praise the goddesses Allat, al-Uzza, and Manat, as the "exalted Gharaniq whose intercession is hoped for," where Gharaniq is a logomen translated as "Numidian cranes." Subject to the doctrine of al-nasikh wa'l-mansukh, one legend holds that their namesake disguised himself as Gabriel, while another suggests he made his voice sound like Mohammed's to deceive the Meccans. FTP, name this collection of passages expunged from the Quran, which inspired the title of a Salman Rushdie work.
According to the account of al-Tabari, only the aged shayk al-Walīd bin al-Mughīra did not become prostrate due to them, instead covering his head with soil.
{Satanic Verses}