The arrival of Islam was significant because as with other monotheistic religions like Christianity, the polytheist beliefs ...

ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661)—a revered figure in Islamic history as both the first Shiʿi imam and the fourth caliph—serves as a significant image of sacral power in the Persianate world and beyond.

For example, Rabbi Yochanan ben Nappacha said that (Prophet) Ishmael lived for a time as a polytheist but returned to his Hebrew monotheism before Prophet Abraham died: “Rabbi Yoḥanan said ...

They simply referred to God as Ha-Shem, “The Name”. The Torah tells us that the YHVH name was unknown by polytheist image worshippers for tens of thousands of years and then: “AT THAT TIME ...