[1] Al 'Atira was a sacrifice which the pagans used to offer to their idols during the month of Rajab.

[2] Al-Fara' may mean one of the three things: (a) The first offspring of camels or sheep which the people of the pre-Islâmic era used to offer to their idols. (b) A sacrifice which they used to offer when one's camels became of the number, one wished them to be. (c) A meal given on the occasion on the birth of camels.