Al-‘Uzzá, seperti [[Hubal]], telah diseru untuk perlindungan oleh kaum [[Quraisy]] pra-Islam. "Pada 624 dalam [[Perang Uhud|peperangan Uhud]], seruan perang kaum Quraysh adalah, "Wahai orang Uzzā, orang [[Hubal]]!"<ref>Tawil 1993</ref> Al-‘Uzzā juga kemudian muncul dalam karya [[Ibn Ishaq]] mengenai [[Ayat Syaitan]].
== Di Petra ==
The first known mention of al-‘Uzzá is from the inscriptions at [[Dedan]], the capital of the [[Lihyan]]ite Kingdom, in the fourth or third century BC. She had been adopted alongside [[Dushara]] as the presiding goddess at [[Petra]], the Nabataen capital, where she assimiliated with [[Isis]], [[Tyche]], and [[Aphrodite]] attributes and superseded her sisters.<ref>Jane Taylor, Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans, I.B.Tauris Publishers, 2001, ISBN 1-86064-508-9 pg. 130</ref> During the 5th century Christianity became the prominent religion of the region following conquest by [[Barsauma]].<ref>Jane Taylor, Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans I.B.Tauris Publishers, 2001, ISBN 1-86064-508-9 pg. 209</ref>
