Editing Baal (section)

==Islam==
The [[Quran]] mentions that Prophet Elias ([[Elijah#Elijah in Islam|Elijah]]) warned his people against Baʿal worship.<ref name="Tottoli">{{EI3 |last=Tottoli |first=Roberto |title=Baal |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_23985}}</ref>
{{blockquote| And Indeed, Elijah was among the [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|messengers]], (123) When he said to his people: "Will you not [[Taqwa|fear]] Allah? (124) Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators - (125) Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?" (126) And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for [[Hell (Islam)|punishment]]], (127) Except the chosen servants of Allah. (128) And we left for him [favorable mention] among later generations: (129) Peace be upon Ilyāseen*. (130) Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good. (131) Indeed, he was of Our believing servants. (132).<ref name="Quran 37">{{Cite Quran|37|123|e=132|s=ref}}</ref> Quran [[As-Saaffat|Surah 37]], verses 123-132<ref name="Quran 37"/>}}

According to [[Tabari]], ''baal'' is a term used by Arabs to denote everything which is a ''lord'' over anything.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tafseer of the Mosque of Al-Bayan in Tafsir al-Qur'an/al-Tabari (d. 310 AH) |url= https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=1&tSoraNo=37&tAyahNo=125&tDisplay=yes&Page=2&Size=1&LanguageId=1 |language=ar}}</ref>

[[Al-Thaʿlabī]] offers a more detailed description about Baal; accordingly it was an idol of gold, twenty cubits tall, and had four faces.<ref name="Tottoli"/>

The trilateral root, (''bā, ayn, lam)'' ''baʿl'' occurs seven times in the Qur’an with its common Semitic usage of “owner, husband,” particularly husband.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Quran Dictionary |url=https://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=bEl#(11:72:7) |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=corpus.quran.com}}</ref> For example, [[Sarah]], wife of [[Abraham in Islam|Abraham]] refers to her husband using the term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surah Hud - 72 |url=https://quran.com/hud/72 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Quran.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Word by Word Grammar, Syntax and Morphology of the Holy Quran |url=https://corpus.quran.com/wordmorphology.jsp?location=(11:72:7) |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=corpus.quran.com}}</ref>