... the Ka'aba was dedicated to al-Ilah, the High God of the pagan Arabs ................................. .

"the Ka'aba was dedicated to al-Ilah, the High God of the pagan Arabs,
despite the presiding effigy of Hubal. By the beginning of the seventh
century, al-Ilah had become more important than before in the religious life
many of the Arabs. Many primitive religions develop a belief in a High God,
who is sometimes called the Sky God...But they also carried on worshipping
the other gods, who remained deeply important to them." (Karen Armstrong,
Muhammad, (New York: San Francisco, 1992) p. 69.)



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