al-ʿUzzā
العزى
al-ʿUzzā — a pre-Islamic Arabian idol.
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Overview
Al-'Uzza: a samura-tree in Wadi Nakhla between Mecca and Ta'if; the greatest of the idols with Quraysh — a man would say: I am a son of al-'Uzza.
In the sira presentation
Al-Mubarakpuri mentions that idolatry entered the Arabs in the time of Amr ibn Luhayy, who saw the people of al-Balqa venerating idols and carried them to the Hijaz — until every clan had an idol and every house an idol 1.
For young visitors
Al-'Uzza is an idol some Arabs worshipped before Islam instead of God — until Islam demolished all the idols.
Connections
- Held by
- Quraysh
- Made in
- Wādī Nakhla
People and things also explored
al-HumsZayd ibn AmrThe Battle of BadrThe Battle of UhudThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)Expedition of al-QaradaExpedition of al-SawiqThe Expedition of Badr al-Maw'ida
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Akhbar Makka — al-Azraqi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-ʿUzzā”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/al-uzza/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.