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Allat

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Name of an ancient Arabian deity, attested in inscriptions and mentioned in the Quran.

BES19s 77.1, Firʿ Wadi al-Khudari, Mafraq, Jordan. Its reading invokes Allat and then Allah. This photograph shows stone and writing; animal and human drawings are not identified as depictions of these deities. Original preserved without cropping or alteration
BES19s 77.1, Firʿ Wadi al-Khudari, Mafraq, Jordan. Its reading invokes Allat and then Allah. This photograph shows stone and writing; animal and human drawings are not identified as depictions of these deities. Original preserved without cropping or alterationImage © Ahmad Al-Jallad; OCIANA, BES19s 77.1 · CC BYImage source

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BES19s 77.1 invokes Allat and then Allah. This establishes coexistence in that inscription, not a genealogy or complete intercessionIntercessionMediation subject in the cited Quranic texts to permission and approval, not divine independence.Glossary · Click to read the explanation system. The photograph shows stone, not an identified portrait of Allat. [1]

QuranQuranCentral text of Islam, used here as evidence of its religious discourse.Glossary · Click to read the explanation 53:19–22 places Allat alongside al-Uzza and Manat. Attested names should be separated from expanded later cult reports; resemblance alone supplies no linguistic or divine genealogy. [2][3]

References and notes

  1. Ahmad Al-Jallad / OCIANA. “BES19s 77.1.” Updated 25 June 2026. Firʿ Wadi al-Khudari, Jordan: Allat then Lh; drought explanation is commentary, and ʿbdt does not identify which Obodas here. Original image © Al-Jallad, CC BY as stated, no version number supplied. Return to the text ↑
  2. Qurʾān 53:19–22. Quranic Arabic Corpus. Allat, al-Uzza and Manat and the male/female polemic, not an archaeological genealogy. Return to the text ↑
  3. G. R. Hawting (1999). “The daughters of God.” The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam, pp. 130–149. Cambridge University Press. Summary distinguishes attested names from elaborated later cult reports; full chapter not read. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 11 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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