People would circle them the same way they used to circle...

People would circle them the same way they used to circle the Ka`ba while knowing that the latter was superior to them all due to being the edifice erected by Abraham, the Friend of Allah, and his mosque. Quraish tribe had another idol which it worshipped with the Banu Kinanah tribesmen at the Nakhla area, and its name was `Uzza which it had its own clergy and caretakers from among the Banu Shayban of Sulaym, allies of Banu Hashim, particularly of the offspring of Abu Talib .

There was another goddess idol which the residents of Thaqeef in Ta’if worshipped and which was taken care of by Banu…