لات

al-Lat
Goddess of war, peace, combat, and prosperity
Al-Lāt with a palm branch and her lion from the Temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra, first century AD, Damascus, Syria
اھم گروھ مرڪز	Palmyra, Iram, Ta'if (according to Islamic sources)
نشاني	Lion, gazelle, crescent, cubic rock
ساٿي	Lion of Al-lat (Palmyrene tradition) Dushara (Nabataean tradition)
ڀاء ڀيڻ	Al-Uzza, Manat
ٻچو	Dushara (Nabataean tradition)
يوناني هم معنيٰ لفظ	Athena
رومي هم معنيٰ لفظ	Minerva
علائقو	Arabia

لات (عربي:اللات)، دور جاھليت جي عربن جي ھڪ بت جو نالو آھي. جيڪو مربع شڪل جو ھيو ۽ اڇي پٿر جو ٺھيل ھيو ۽ ان کي اھل عرب خدائي درجو ڏيندا ھئا۔ ان بت جي عبادت ڪندا ھئا۔ ان بت جي عبادت وڏي عرصي تائين ٿيندي رھي. دمشق ۾ ھي بت رکيل آھي.

تفصيل

Al-Lat (, ar), also spelled Allat, Allatu, and Alilat, is a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess, at one time worshipped under various associations throughout the entire Arabian Peninsula, including Mecca, where she was worshipped alongside Al-Uzza and Manat as one of the daughters of Allah. The word Allat or Elat has been used to refer to various goddesses in the ancient Near East, including the goddess Asherah-Athirat. She also is associated with the Great Goddess.

The worship of al-Lat is attested in South Arabian inscriptions as Lat and Latan, but she had more prominence in north Arabia and the Hejaz, and her cult reached as far as Syria. The writers of the Safaitic script frequently invoked al-Lat in their inscriptions. She was also worshipped by the Nabataeans and was associated with al-'Uzza. The presence of her cult was attested in both Palmyra and Hatra. Under Greco-Roman influence, her iconography began to show the attributes of Athena, the Greek goddess of war, as well as Athena's Roman equivalent Minerva. According to Islamic sources, the tribe of Banu Thaqif in Ta'if especially held reverence to her.

In Islamic tradition, her worship ended in the seventh century when her temple in Ta'if was demolished on the orders of Muhammad.

لات جو بت ھڪ اٺ تي

جديد ماڳ

The Lion of Al-Lat statue that adorned her temple in Palmyra was damaged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2015 but has been since restored. It now stands in the National Museum of Damascus, but it may be returned to Palmyra in the future.

لات (؛ ar)، دور جاھليت جي عربن جي ھڪ بت جو نالو آھي. جيڪو مربع شڪل جو ھيو ۽ اڇي پٿر جو ٺھيل ھيو ۽ ان کي اھل عرب خدائي درجو ڏيندا ھئا۔ ان بت جي عبادت ڪندا ھئا۔ ان بت جي عبادت وڏي عرصي تائين ٿيندي رھي. دمشق ۾ ھي بت رکيل آھي.

حوالو

• ڪتاب: مڪمل اسلامي انسائيڪلوپيڊيا، مصنف:مرحوم سيد قاسم محمود، ص- 1296