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{{Short description|Pre-Islamic Arabian god}} {{otheruses}} {{Infobox deity | image = | type = Arabian | name = Hubal <br> {{native name|ar|ูุจู}} | deity_of = god of divination, the rain, and war | cult_center = [[Mecca]] | abode = | planet = | symbol = Gold-handed figure, arrows | consort = [[Manฤt]]<ref>Hommel, First Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. 1. p. 380</ref> | children = | army = | mount = | region = [[Arabia]] | festivals = | caption = Statue from Tel Hazor, used to link to lunar diety Hubal. }} {{Fertile Crescent myth (Arabian)}} In [[Arabian mythology]], '''Hubal''' ({{langx|ar|ููุจูู}}) was a [[deity|god]] worshipped in [[pre-Islamic Arabia]], notably by the [[Quraysh]] at the [[Kaaba]] in [[Mecca]]. The god's icon was a human figure believed to control acts of [[divination]], which was performed by [[Belomancy|tossing arrows]] before the statue. The direction in which the arrows pointed answered questions asked to Hubal. The specific powers and identity attributed to Hubal are equally unclear. Access to the temple of the icon was controlled by the [[Quraysh tribe]]. Hubal's devotees fought against followers of the [[Islam]]ic [[Prophets in Islam|prophet]] [[Muhammad]] during the [[Battle of Badr]] in 624 CE, and [[Battle of Uhud]] in 625 CE. After Muhammad entered Mecca in 630, he destroyed the statue of Hubal from the Kaaba along with the icons of all the other [[Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia|polytheistic gods]].
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