Al-‘Uzzá ( ) was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and was worshiped by the pre-Islamic Arabs along with
Allāt and
Manāt. The
Nabataeans, who equated her with the Greek goddess
Aphrodite Ourania (Roman Venus Caelestis). A stone cube at
aṭ-Ṭā’if (near Mecca) was held sacred as part of her cult. She is mentioned in the
Qur'an Sura 53:19 as being one of the goddesses that people worshiped.