TAGHUT= REBELLIOUS, is an intensive word from the root: TOGHYÄN= REBELLION, which implies to any sort of uprising, revolt open resistance, or defiance of any authority; and hence the Devil and Satan manifest the meaning and symbolize it. In Pagan Era too, the Arabs had an ancient idol which was named TAGHUT, and was worshipped by almost all the tribes, and therefore TAGHUT CAN also imply idol. Here in this verse NIMROD the tyrant oppressor king of Babylonia is the person alluded to.