Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia was a mix of
polytheism,
Christianity,
Judaism, and
Iranian religions.
Arab polytheism, the dominant form of religion in
pre-Islamic Arabia, was based on veneration of
deities and other rituals. Gods and goddesses, including
Hubal and the goddesses
Al-lat,
Al-‘Uzzá and
Manat, were worshipped at local shrines, such as the
Kaaba in
Mecca. Some scholars postulate that
Allah may have been one of the gods of the Meccan religion to whom the shrine was dedicated although it seems he had little relevance in the religion. Many of the physical descriptions of the pre-Islamic gods are traced to
idols, especially near the Kaaba, which is said to have contained up to 360 of them.