The most worshiped and higehst deity in pre-islamic Arabia (now Saudi Arabia and the other Arabian Gulf countries) during that time was "Hubal", Our Syrian god of the Moon. Hubal, although Syrian, was not as important to Syrians as he was to the Arabs.

His statue was placed over the Ka'ba in Mecca, and he represented the strongest deity that led all the other 360 gods and goddesses that had idoles in the Ka'ba.

At that period, there were a few Christian,Jewish and Hanafite tribes, which were all monotheistic (believing in only one God). However, the majority of the population was Pagan.


The fact that isn't popular about those Pagans is that they were henotheistic, meaning that they believe in one high God without denying the fact that there exists other gods. The Highest God for Arabs at that time was called Allah. Although Allah had no statue in the Ka'ba, he was considered the highest of all deities. It is believed that they used to worship the smaller gods and goddesses as a channel to reach Allah.

According to "No god but God" by Reza Aslan, Allah's three daughters, Al-lat,Al-Uzza, and Al-Manat were very prominent goddesses in the Ka'ba. People used to pray for the three goddesses for water, rain and for health.

Some pages online claim that Hubal is Allah, but he had a different name. Also those pages mentioned that there's a posiblity that Hubal ,the god of the moon, was the influence behind the symbol of Islam, the crescent. However, both of the claims could lack some precision and accuracy.