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According to the Qur'an, Yaʿūq () or Jawc/Jawk/Jawkk, if translated to English, was an idol worshipped in the days of Noah. A synagogue dedicated to Rahmanan named Ya'uq is mentioned in a South Arabian inscription as "mkrbn yʿwq".

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According to the Qur'an, Yaʿūq () or Jawc/Jawk/Jawkk, if translated to English, was an idol worshipped in the days of Noah. A synagogue dedicated to Rahmanan named Ya'uq is mentioned in a South Arabian inscription as "mkrbn yʿwq".

And they say: Forsake not your gods, nor forsake Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr. (Qur'an 71:23)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ya'uq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.