The Other Kaabas and Gods of Arabia Before Islam | Documentary

Full documentary on the origin of the Kaaba, the other Kaabas of pre-Islamic Arabia, and the Arabian gods worshipped before Islam. We explore the Kaaba of Mecca before Muhammad, the idols of Hubal, Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Manat, the pre-Islamic pilgrimages of Hajj and Umrah, the cult of sacred stones, and the forgotten history of Arabian temples before Islam. Before the rise of Islam, the Kaaba was not the only sanctuary in Arabia. There were other “houses of the gods,” other cube-shaped temples, other sacred stones, and other pilgrimages. From the Kaaba of Dhu al-Khalasa, known as the Kaaba of Yemen, to the temples of Najran, Sindad, Ghayman, Taif, and Nakhla, this documentary reconstructs the religious world of pre-Islamic Arabia: an Arabia filled with gods, idols, wells, oases, meteorites, tawaf rituals, sacrifices, and pilgrims. In this documentary, you will discover what the Kaaba was like before Islam, why there were hundreds of idols in Mecca, who Hubal was, what role Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Manat played, why Arabs worshipped stones, how divination rituals with arrows worked, why water and wells were so sacred in the desert, and how the geopolitics between Romans, Persians, Christians, Jews, and Arabs helped prepare the birth of Islam. Tags: origin of the Kaaba, history of the Kaaba, Kaaba before Islam, pre-Islamic Arabia, gods of pre-Islamic Arabia, the other Kaabas, Kaaba of Mecca, Hubal Arabian god, Hubal, Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, Manat, Al-Lat Al-Uzza Manat, ancient Arabian gods, pre-Islamic Arabian religion, Arabian polytheism, idols of the Kaaba, Hajj before Islam, Black Stone of the Kaaba, Dhu al-Khalasa, Kaaba of Najran, Kaaba of Sindad, Kaaba of Ghayman, stone worship, baetyls, sacred stones Arabia, history of Islam, origin of Islam, Islam documentary English, pre-Islamic Arabia documentary, Muhammad and the Kaaba, Mecca before Islam, gods before Islam, religions before Islam Main Sources: The Biography of Prophet Muhammad, (Sirat Rasul Allah) by Ibn Ishaq as edited by Ibn Hisham. The Beginning and the End, (Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya) by Ibn Kathir. The History of Mecca (Akhbar Makkah) by Azraqi. The History of the Prophets and Kings, (Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk) by Al-Tabari. The ''Book of Idols'', (Kitāb al-ʾAṣnām) by Hisham Ibn al-Kalbi. #history #islam #kaaba