Hubal
pre-Islamic Arabian god
Hubal (Arabic: هُبَل) was a god worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia, notably by Quraysh at the Kaaba in Mecca. The god's idol 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 of the idol. The specific powers and identity attributed to Hubal are equally unclear.
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- Hubal “was pulled down and used as a doorstep when the Prophet conquered Mecca and purified the Ka’bah.”
- Cyril Glasse, The Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam, London, 1989.(Quoted in in Goel, S. R. (1993). Hindu temples: What happened to them. Vol. II)
