Northern Arabian goddess of pre-Islamic times.
A stone cube near Mecca was held sacred as part of her cult. Two other northern Arabian goddesses, Man 0101; t and al- 02BD; Uzz 0101; , are associated with al-L 0101; t in the Qur 0101; n . According to a contentious account, Muhammad was said to have recognized these three as goddesses, but a new revelation led him to abandon his attempt to placate Meccan pagans, and he later ordered the sanctuaries of al-L 0101; t and the other two goddesses destroyed. The goddesses were worshiped by Arab tribes located as far away as Palmyra, Syria.