Al-Uzza

al-‘Uzzá
al-‘Uzzá
Goddess of might and protection
	2nd century AD relief from Hatra depicting the goddess al-Lat flanked by two female figures, possibly goddesses al-Uzza and Manat
Major cult center	Petra
Symbol	Three trees
Region	Arabia (Arabian Peninsula)
Personal information
Siblings	Al-Lat, Manāt

Al-ʻUzzā (Arabic: العزى al-ʻUzzā [al ʕuzzaː] or Old Arabic, [al ʕuzzeː]) was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in 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 her cult. She is mentioned in Qur'an 53:19 as being one of the goddesses who people worshipped.

Al-ʻUzzā, like Hubal, was called upon for protection by the pre-Islamic Quraysh. "In 624 at the 'battle called Uhud', the war cry of the Qurayshites was, "O people of Uzzā, people of Hubal!".^[1] Al-‘Uzzá also later appears in Ibn Ishaq's account of the alleged Satanic Verses.^[2]

The temple dedicated to al-ʻUzzā and the statue was destroyed by Khalid ibn al Walid in Nakhla in 630 AD.^[3]^[4]

^ Tawil (1993).
^ Ibn Ishaq Sirat Rasul Allah, pp. 165–167.
^ S.R. Al-Mubarakpuri (6 October 2020). The sealed nectar. Independently Published. p. 256. ISBN 9798694145923. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
^ "He sent Khalid bin Al-Waleed in Ramadan 8 A.H", Witness-Pioneer.com Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Tawil (1993).

[2] Ibn Ishaq Sirat Rasul Allah, pp. 165–167.

[google1-3] S.R. Al-Mubarakpuri (6 October 2020). The sealed nectar. Independently Published. p. 256. ISBN 9798694145923. Retrieved 2013-02-03.

[witness-pioneervil-4] "He sent Khalid bin Al-Waleed in Ramadan 8 A.H", Witness-Pioneer.com Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

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