In Arabian mythology, Hubal (Arabic: هُبَل) was a god worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia, notably by the Quraysh at the Kaaba in Mecca. The god's icon was a human figure believed to control acts of divination, which was performed by tossing arrows before the statue. The direction in which the arrows pointed answered questions asked to Hubal.

Sep 19, 2020 · Hubal (هُبَل‎) was a god worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia, notably by Quraysh at the Kaaba in Mecca. After winning battle of Badr in 624 CE against Quraysh tribe, who were Hubal god’s devotees, Muhammad entered Mecca in 630 CE and removed the statue of Hubal from the Kaaba along with the idols of all the other pagan gods.

Apr 13, 2023 · Hubal was, by the Arabs' own tradition, a newcomer to both Mecca and the Ka'ba, an outsider introduced by the ambitious Amr ibn Luhayy, and the tribal token around which the Quraysh later attempted to construct a federation with …

Oct 28, 2020 · “I think about Hubal as a God of poetry, divination and revenge, a guardian of the death and inspiration. He had a gentle character during our interaction, so I’m surprised by all those...

Jan 20, 2008 · Hubal (the lord) known also by the name Allah (the god, al-ilah). Before the advent of Islam, the Christians in Syria used to worship a deity called Al-ilāh . The evidence for this comes from a well-known trilingual inscription from Zebed , south of …

Now we know that the Islamic records call him Hubal, but in Petra records call him Dushara, Lord of the Mountains and the tomb in Meda’in Saleh tells us that Hubal was The Lord of the Mountains! So we can bring these things together and now we can identify in Petra this temple.

As we saw in the previous section, evidence exists to show that the chief god of the Meccans, especially of Muhammad’s Quraysh tribe, was actually Hubal. The data we presented also indicates that the pagans took Hubal as the lord of the …

Feb 25, 2024 · Hubal, the moon god of pre-Islamic Arabia, was more than just a stone deity. He was a symbol of the mysteries of the cosmos, the power of fate, and the sanctity of contracts.

May 13, 2015 · The Kaaba’s presiding deity was the moon-god Hubal, similar to Shiva in that the latter is depicted as carrying the moon on his head. His three goddesses Al-Lat, Uzza and Manat, were believed by the Muslims to have taken refuge in …

Hubal, the moon god of the Kaba: What is quite certain is that the Pagan Arabs in Mecca worshipped a moon god called Hubal at the Kabah. Hubal was the Lord of the Kabah, being the highest ranking god of the 360 gods worshipped in the Kabah.