The Meccan Arabs are descendants of Ishmael and they worship the true God Yahweh.

Muslims claim that the Meccan Arabs, being descendants of Ishmael, worship the true God Yahweh. However, this assertion is challenged by biblical evidence. Psalm 83 explicitly states that the Ishmaelites were part of a coalition that hated God and sought to destroy His people. This indicates that their worship was not directed toward the true God but rather involved hostility towards Him. The Psalmist's plea for God's judgment against these nations implies that they were not in a right relationship with Yahweh. Therefore, if the Meccan Arabs are indeed descendants of Ishmael, it raises the question of whether the Allah worshiped in pre-Islamic Mecca was the same as the God worshiped by Jews and Christians. Furthermore, historical evidence suggests that the high god worshiped by the Meccans may have been Baal, further distancing their worship from that of the biblical God.