worship of al-‘Uzza

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polytheistic worship pre-Islamic Arabian religion religious cult

The worship of al-‘Uzza refers to a pre-Islamic Arabian pagan cult devoted to the goddess al-‘Uzza, one of the prominent deities venerated by the Quraysh and neighboring tribes before the advent of Islam.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
al-Uzza 2
worship of al-‘Uzza canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf polytheistic worship ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabian religion ⓘ
religious cult ⓘ
associatedGoddess Manat ⓘ
al-Lat ⓘ
associatedWith Kaaba ⓘ
battle invocations ⓘ
divination ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
idols ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
pilgrimage rituals ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
surface form: planet Venus

power ⓘ
sacred stones ⓘ
sacred trees ⓘ
sacrificial offerings ⓘ
tribal protection ⓘ
cosmologyRole high-ranking goddess in Meccan pantheon ⓘ
one of the daughters of Allah ⓘ
endedWith rise of Islam ⓘ
hasDeity Al-‘Uzza ⓘ
surface form: al-‘Uzza
hasRitualObject idol of al-‘Uzza near the Kaaba ⓘ
three sacred trees at Nakhla ⓘ
hasRitualPractice animal sacrifice ⓘ
circumambulation of sacred sites ⓘ
consulting soothsayers ⓘ
invocatory prayers ⓘ
swearing oaths by al-‘Uzza ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
hasSacredSite shrine at Nakhla ⓘ
mainLocation Hejaz ⓘ
surface form: Hijaz

Mecca ⓘ
Nakhla ⓘ
mentionedIn Qur’an 53:19–20 ⓘ
opposedBy Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
prohibitedBy Islamic monotheism ⓘ
rankAmongDeities one of the three chief goddesses of Mecca ⓘ
religiousStatusInIslam shirk ⓘ
religiousTradition pre-Islamic Arabian paganism ⓘ
shrineDestroyedBy Khalid ibn al-Walid ⓘ
shrineDestructionTime after the conquest of Mecca ⓘ
sourceDiscussedIn Ibn al-Kalbi’s Kitab al-Asnam ⓘ
early Islamic historiography ⓘ
suppressedBy early Muslims ⓘ
timePeriod Pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Jahiliyyah

Pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
surface form: pre-Islamic Arabia
veneratedBy Ghatafan tribe ⓘ
Kinana tribe ⓘ
Quraysh ⓘ
various pre-Islamic Arab tribes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah An-Najm → criticizes → worship of al-‘Uzza ⓘ
Pre-Islamic Arabia → associatedDeity → worship of al-‘Uzza ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Uzza
Allat → associatedDeity → worship of al-‘Uzza ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Uzza