Al-‘Uzzá

Al-Uzzá (Arabic: العزى‎ al-ʻUzzá) was one of the three chief female deities of the ancient Arabian religion and was fasely worshiped as one of the daughters of Allah by the ancient Arabs along with Allāt and Manāt. Al-‘Uzzá was also worshipped by the Nabataeans, who equated her with the Greek deity Aphrodite Ourania (Roman Venus Caelestis). A stone cube at aṭ-Ṭā’if (near Mecca) was held sacred as part of her cult. She is mentioned in the Qur'an Sura 53:19 as being one of the false idols that people worshiped.
Al-‘Uzzá, like Hubal, was called upon for protection by the Quraysh. "In 624 at the 'battle called Uhud', the war cry of the Qurayshites was, "O people of Uzzā, people of Hubal!".
The temple dedicated to al-ʻUzzá and the statue itself was destroyed by Khalid ibn al Walid in Nakhla.
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Category:Arabian deities
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