* These four terms refer to particular kinds of camels that the pagan Arabs used to dedicate to different idols and consider them sacred. Such camels could not be ridden or milked or made to carry any burden, but they had to be allowed to wander and graze freely. These camels would often be marked by slit ears to make the people aware of their sacred status. The Qur’an has rejected and condemned this idolatrous practice of the pre-Islamic Arabs.