Will you call upon Ba`l and forsake the Best of creators,Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, Ikrimah, Qatadah and As-Suddi said that; the word Ba`l means lord.Ikrimah and Qatadah said, "This is the language of the people of Yemen."According to another report from Qatadah, it is the language of Azd Shanu'ah.Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam narrated from his father that;it is the name of an idol which was worshipped by the people of a city called Ba`labak (Baalbek) which is to the west of Damascus.Ad-Dahhak said,"It is an idol which they used to worship."أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلً (Will you call upon Ba`l).means, `will you worship an idol,'وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَوَاللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ابَايِكُمُ الاْاَوَّلِينَ