Allah: old moon-god Hubal .................................

The more the significance of the cult declined, the greater became the value
of a general religious temper associated with Allah. Among the Meccans he
was already coming to take the place of the old moon-god Hubal as the lord
of the Ka'bah...Allah was actually the guardian of contracts, though at
first these were still settled at a special ritual locality and so
subordinate to the supervision of an idol. In particular he was regarded as
the guardian of the alien guest, though consideration for him still lagged
behind duty to one's kinsmen." (History of the Islamic Peoples, Carl
Brockelmann, p 8-10)



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