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, Manāt and al-ʽUzzā, are associated with al-Lāt in the 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-Lāt and the other two goddesses destroyed. The goddesses were worshiped by Arab tribes located as far away as Palmyra, Syria.