2006-08-24 19:15:34 · 13 answers · asked by Akash 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There were many idols in there, Mecca was a trading point and many people would bring "gods" from their customs and Meccas in the spirit of accomodating people took whatever gods people brought and put them their.. ie they honoured everyones idols.. so there were many. Obviously, islam, which refused to recognize any of them as god, threatened their business associations which is partly why medina was more accepting of islam then Mecca, and god knows best.
The surah Kafirun was revealed in context of them(Meccans) wanting islam to accomodate the idols.
Al Lat , Uzza and Manat were the prime idols though as referenced in Surah Al Najm.(Verse 19 and 20)
2006-08-24 19:20:24 · answer #1 · answered by Jamal 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you are exactly right. Similar to the experience Abraham had with dealing with idolatry amongst his own people, including his father who's trade was carving idols, Muhammad (pbuh) was very unsettled with the fact that 360 idols were housed in the Kaaba. Muhammad was attracted to the love of One God, and when the time was right and the society was willing to accept God's oneness, the idols of the Kaaba were removed and the Kaaba was re-dedicated to the worship of One God as it's original intended purpose was.
p.s. Muslims do not worship or believe in a moon god. That is a lie you will only hear/read from anti-Islamic Christians who are deaf, dumb and blind to knowing the truth. That's like saying Jesus is the Candybar God... it's simply a lie.
2006-08-25 02:24:24 · answer #2 · answered by Mustafa 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am not sure if they were similar to Hindu god, but yes it is true that Kaaba used to house 360 idols. People used to go for pigrimage that is very close to what Muslims do in these days.
2006-08-26 16:13:46 · answer #3 · answered by Bionimetiket 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kaabah is built by Abraham as Allah asked him too but, the Arabs has misused it and put idols in it.
all i know is it contains all the idols made by arabs at that time.. they believe that those idols was their God..
Thus Allah sent Muhammad to get the arabs on the true path again which is to worship only 1 god which is Allah.. just believe Allah alone.
Thus Prophet Muhammad and muslims has destroyed all the idols the pagan Arabs made.
2006-08-25 02:33:58 · answer #4 · answered by sweetzy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is yes maybe not exactly 360 but its possible that its true because at the time and place islam was "established" it was surrouned by pagan and polytheistic beliefs. They believed in many gods and perhaps not hindu gods. but other man made idols.
2006-08-25 04:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I beleave there were 364 one for each day of the year and muslims still keep that many days in the year it seems odd to me when the rest of the earth follow a calinder based on earth time to rotate the sun there must still be some thing in those fake Gods for the muslim cult
2006-08-25 02:26:21 · answer #6 · answered by Mim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes indeed-- but now they deny that.
The new claim is that Mo just reached in and picked out THE ONLY ONE that was there !
It just happened to be the village of TAKRIT, his home village, village god.
Strange that there was a statue or idol to find at all, considering that it is THE DEATH PENALTY to make a painting, drawing, or any representation of their moon god.
2006-08-25 02:23:18 · answer #7 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The Kaaba was made by Abraham, I do not know if it was a place for this cult you describe in pre-islamic times.
2006-08-25 02:19:11 · answer #8 · answered by ESKORBUTIN 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes, polytheism was quite common as was temple prostitution.
2006-08-25 02:20:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No one who is now living was there, so no one here can tell you the real truth. This is the best answer.
2006-08-25 02:18:27 · answer #10 · answered by anyone 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋