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Pre Islamic Goddesses Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, Manat

al-lat al-uzza manatIn the Qur’an, Al-Lat is mentioned along with al-‘Uzzá and Manāt in Sura 53:19–23.
The tribe of ʿād of Iram of the Pillars is also mentioned in Sura 89:5–8, and archaeological evidence from Iram shows copious inscriptions devoted to her for the protection of a tribe by that name.

She is mentioned in the Qur’an Sura 53:19 as being one of the goddesses that people worshiped.


He sent Khalid ibn Al-Walid during Ramadan 630 AD (8 AH) to a place called Nakhlah, where the goddess al-‘Uzzá was worshipped by the tribes of Quraish and Kinanah. The shrine’s custodians were from Banu Shaiban. Al-‘Uzzá was considered the most important goddess in the region.

Khalid set out with 30 horsemen to destroy the shrine. It appears that there were two idols of al-‘Uzzá, one real and one fake. Khalid first located the fake and destroyed it, then returned to the Prophet to report that he had fulfilled his mission. “Did you see anything unusual?” asked the Prophet.
No,” replied Khalid.
Then you have not destroyed al-‘Uzzá,” said the Prophet. “Go again.”

Then the Prophet said, “Yes, that was al-‘Uzzá; and never again shall she be worshipped in your land.

The pre-Islamic Arabs believed Manāt to be the goddess of fate.
She was known by the cognate name Manawat to the Nabataeans of Petra, who equated her with the Graeco-Roman goddess Nemesis, and she was considered the wife of Hubal.
“The most ancient of all these idols was Manāt. The Arabs used to name their children ‘Abd-Manāt and Zayd-Manāt. Manāt was erected on the seashore in the vicinity of al-Mushallal in Qudayd, between Medina and Mecca. All the Arabs used to venerate her and sacrifice before her. The Aws and the Khazraj, as well as the inhabitants of Medina and Mecca and their vicinities, used to venerate Manāt, sacrifice before her, and bring unto her their offerings… The Aws and the Khazraj, as well as those Arabs among the people of Yathrib and other places who took to their way of life, were wont to go on pilgrimage and observe the vigil at all the appointed places, but not shave their heads. At the end of the pilgrimage, however, when they were about to return home, they would set out to the place where Manāt stood, shave their heads, and stay there a while. They did not consider their pilgrimage completed until they visited Manāt.” — Book of Idols, pp 12–14 .

lakshmi parvati saraswatiThe temple of Manat was raided and the idol was destroyed on the orders of 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.

Some scholars have enumerated that Somnath Temple in India was attacked later by Muhammad Ghazni for an idol of Manat that had been secretly transferred to the said temple.

These three Pre Islamic Goddesses look similar to Vedic Goddesses Lakshmi, Parvati, Saraswati.
The Triple Goddess has been adopted by many neopagans as one of their primary deities.
In common Neopagan usage the three female figures are frequently described as the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone, each of which symbolizes both a separate stage in the female life cycle and a phase of the Moon, and often rules one of the realms of earth, underworld, and the heavens.
The Goddess of Wicca’s duotheistic theology is generally portrayed as the Triple Goddess of the Moon, her masculine consort being the Horned God.

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