Hubal
Ringkasan
Hubal adalah dewa Arab pra-Islam yang terutama dipuja Quraisy di Mekah.
Hubal is a pre-Islamic Arabian god particularly worshipped by the Quraysh in Mecca.
Kisah dan tradisi
Hubal adalah dewa Arab pra-Islam yang terutama dipuja Quraisy di Mekah. Hubal dipuja melalui arca menyerupai manusia di Ka’bah. Ramalan dilakukan menggunakan anak panah di depan arca Hubal. Quraisy mengendalikan akses menuju arca Hubal. Ibn al-Kalbi menggambarkan arca Hubal sebagai sosok manusia dengan tangan kanan yang patah dan diganti emas, dan arca itu disebut terbuat dari akik merah. Britannica 1911 mencatat bahwa Hobal ditempatkan di dalam Bait di atas lubang yang berisi harta suci, dan fungsi utamanya terkait undian suci. Sumber berbeda tentang siapa yang mendirikan arcanya: Ibn Al-Kalbi menyebut Khuzayma ibn Mudrika, sedangkan tradisi lain menyebut Amr ibn Luhayy. Mircea Eliade dan Charles J. Adams menyebutnya dewa hujan dan dewa perang, sementara dugaan Hugo Winckler bahwa ia dewa bulan ditolak sarjana yang lebih baru. Menurut salah satu sumber, Muhammad menghancurkan arcanya saat menaklukkan Mekah pada 630.
Hubal is a pre-Islamic Arabian god particularly worshipped by the Quraysh in Mecca. Hubal is worshipped through a human-shaped statue in the Kaaba. Divination uses arrows placed before Hubal's statue. The Quraysh control access to Hubal's statue. Ibn al-Kalbi describes the statue as a human figure whose broken right hand is replaced by gold, and the statue is said to be made of red agate. The 1911 Britannica notes that Hobal was set up within the Temple over the pit containing the sacred treasures and that his chief function was connected with the sacred lot. Sources differ on who set up his statue: Ibn Al-Kalbi names Khuzayma ibn Mudrika, while another tradition names Amr ibn Luhayy. Mircea Eliade and Charles J. Adams call him a rain god and a warrior god, while Hugo Winckler's guess that he was a lunar deity has been rejected by more recent scholars. According to one source, Muhammad broke his statue when he conquered Mecca in 630.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Arab
- Kawasan / Region
- Timur Tengah & Levant
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Deity
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Ramalan dengan anak panah