The Sabaeans had their numerous places of worships...
The Sabaeans had their numerous places of worships, and their idols were named after various names of the sun, and shaped with fixed patterns, as has been described by Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi in his book, The Houses of Worship. For example, there was the temple of Ba'lbak which housed the idol of the sun; of Qirân, which was related to the moon and built in the moon's shape, like a shawl worn over head and shoulders.
And there is a village nearby, Salamsîn by name; it is a corruption of its original name, (Sanam Sîn = the idol of the moon). Likewise, another village is called Tara'ûz, that is, the gate of venus. They do also claim that the Ka'bah and its idols…
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