Hubal was a
god worshipped in
pre-Islamic Arabia, notably at the
Kaaba in
Mecca. His idol was a human figure, believed to control acts of
divination, which was in the form of
tossing arrows before the statue. The direction in which the arrows pointed answered questions asked of the idol. The origins of the cult of Hubal are uncertain, but the name is found in inscriptions from
Nabataea in northern Arabia (across the territory of modern
Syria and
Iraq). The specific powers and identity attributed to Hubal are equally unclear.
