Manāt

Manāt (Arabic: مناة‎; also transliterated as manāh) was one of the three chief deity of Mecca. The ancient Arabs believed Manāt to be the deity of fate. She was known by the cognate name Manawat to the Nabataeans of Petra, who equated her with the Graeco-Roman deity Nemesis, and she was considered the wife of Hubal. The Qur'an confirmed that the ancient Arabs falsely believed that some female idols were daughters of Allah, like Allāt, Al-‘Uzzá, and Manāt. According to Grunebaum in Classical Islam, the Arabic name of Manat is the linguistic counterpart of the Hellenistic Tyche, Dahr, fateful 'Time' who snatches men away and robs their existence of purpose and value. There are also connections with Chronos of Mithraism and Zurvan mythology. The Book of Idols describes her:
The ruling tribes of al-Madinah, and other Arabs, continued to worship Manat until the time of prophet Muhammad.
The temple of Manat was raided and the idol was destroyed on the orders of the prophet Muhammad, in the Raid of Sa'd ibn Zaid al-Ashhali, in January 630 AD (8AH, 9th month, of the Islamic Calendar), in the vicinity of al-Mushallal.
Category:Deities
Category:Arabian deities
Category:Time and fate deities