al-Lat (Arabic: اللات, romanized: al-Lāt, pronounced [alːaːt]), also spelled Allat, Allatu, and Alilat, is a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess, at one time worshipped...
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The Lion of Al-lāt (Arabic: أسد اللات) is an ancient statue that adorned the Temple of Al-Lat in Palmyra, Syria. On 27 June 2015, it was severely damaged...
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pre-Islamic times and she was worshipped by the pre-Islamic Arabs along with al-Lāt and Manāt. A stone cube at Nakhla (near Mecca) was held sacred as part of...
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directed to various gods and goddesses, including Hubal and the goddesses al-Lāt, al-‘Uzzā, and Manāt, at local shrines and temples such as the Kaaba in Mecca...
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The Temple of Al-Lat (Arabic: معبد اللات), was an ancient temple located in Palmyra, Syria dedicated to the goddess Al-Lat. The temple was dedicated by...
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Manat (goddess) (redirect from Al-Menat)
both Al-Lat and Al-‘Uzzá as theophoric names including hers, such as Abd-Manah or Zayd-Manah, are found earlier than names featuring Al-Lat's or Al-‘Uzzá's...
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claimed, "Al-lāt and Al-‘Uzzá are the ones that have taken away her sight." But she replied, "No, by the house of Allah, you are lying. Al-Lat and Al-Uzza...
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Look up lat, LAT, lát, lät, or låt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lat or LAT may refer to: Lat, Fuman, village in Gilan Province, Iran Lat, Rasht...
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Glossary of Dune (franchise) terminology (redirect from Al-Lat (Dune))
military rank that is roughly in between a sergeant and a lieutenant. Lisan al Gaib – (Arabic: لسان الغيب - 'The tongue of the unseen') The Fremen term for...
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Abu Lahab (redirect from Abd-al-Uzza ibn Abd-al-Muttalib)
sister-in-law, Hind bint Utbah, and said to her, "Haven’t I helped Al-Lat and Al-Uzza, and haven’t I abandoned those who have abandoned them and assisted...
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scholar Julius Wellhausen suggested that Hubal was regarded as the son of al-Lāt and the brother of Wadd. Hugo Winckler in the early twentieth century speculated...
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Palmyra (section Al Fadl principality)
Palmyrene goddess Al-lāt was portrayed in the style of the Greek goddess Athena, and named Athena-Al-lāt. However, this assimilation of Al-lāt to Athena did...
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Hunayn and the subsequent destruction of the polytheistic sanctuary of al-Lat in Ta'if. After Muhammad's death, he may have been appointed as the governor...
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Satanic Verses (category Al-Lat)
goddesses: al-Lāt, al-'Uzzá, and Manāt and can be read in early prophetic biographies of Muhammad by al-Wāqidī, Ibn Sa'd and the tafsir of al-Tabarī. Religious...
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tribe of Ta'if. His clan were the traditional protectors of the shrine of al-Lat, one of many Arabian polytheistic deities worshiped in the pre-Islamic period...
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2015, p. 56. Jordan 2014, p. 47. Jordan 2014, p. 72. al-Kalbi 1952, p. 32. al-Kalbi 1952, p. 51. Al-Lat Peters 1994, p. 109. Hoyland 2002, p. 40. Cook, A...
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Cithaeron (Greek) Nemean lion (Greek) Lion of Al-lāt (Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia) – lion icon of Al-Lat Manticore Manussiha (Burmese) – statue with...
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An-Najm (redirect from Surat al-Najm)
visions vouchsafed to Muhammad 19-20 21-23 The revelation concerning Al Lát, Al Uzzah, and Manáh etc. 24-31 The vanity of trusting to the intercession...
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is derived from the Proto-Semitic *ʔil-. Specific deities known as 'El, 'Al or 'Il include the supreme god of the ancient Canaanite religion and the supreme...
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the first models uploaded to Commons was a reconstruction of the Lion of Al-lāt statue in Palmyra, Syria, which was heavily damaged by the ISIL in 2015...
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(praying)?" When they replied in affirmative he said: "by the gods Al-Lat and Al-Uzza, if I ever catch him in that act of worship (salah), I will set...
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Baal (redirect from Ba`al Hammon)
Baal (/ˈbeɪ.əl, ˈbɑː.əl/), or Baʻal (Hebrew: בַּעַל baʿal), was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken...
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Shirk (Islam) (section Shirk al-akbar)
deities and jinn, most notably the three goddesses Manat, al-Lat and al-Uzza mentioned in al-Najm, were considered associates of God. Entities worshipped...
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refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from al-ilāh, which means "the god", and is linguistically related to the Aramaic...
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Arabia as seen in some common era Qatabanian and Maʕinian inscriptions. Al-Lat Ashima Ašratum Ashtar-Chemosh ʿAṯtar Hathor Inanna (Ishtar) Ishara Ishtarat...
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Wādī Ṭumīlāt region of Qedarite remains, such as a shrine to the goddess al-Lāt, makes Van Seters's opposition to this identification untenable. Genesis...
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Israelite Yahwism". In Becking, Bob; Dijkstra, Meindert; Korpel, Marjo C.A.; et al. (eds.). Only One God?: Monotheism in Ancient Israel and the Veneration of...
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away from poverty)? Are the worshippers of the pre-Islamic Arabian goddess al-Lat the Shia Hezbollah (as the Islamic State does)? Who is Rûm (the term meaning...
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Book of Idols (redirect from Kitab al-Asnam)
the goddess al-Uzza, mentioned in Surah 53 as one of the "Daughters of Allah" alongside Al-Lat and Manat. Al-Kalbi says that the cult of al-Uzza was centered...
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