Did the Arabs in the pre-Islamic era worship Allah along with idols?

The Arabs in their pre-Islamic era (Jahiliyyah) knew Allah and glorified Him as the Creator, Provider, Giver of life, and Giver of death. However, they associated partners with Him by worshipping idols to bring them closer to Him or as symbols of planets and angels for intercession. This is indicated by verses such as: "And if you ask them who created them, they will surely say, 'Allah'" (Az-Zukhruf: 87), and "And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say, 'The Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing, created them'" (Az-Zukhruf: 9), and "And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, 'These are our intercessors with Allah'" (Yunus: 18). In times of hardship, they would invoke Allah alone: "And when they embark on ships, they supplicate Allah, sincerely dedicating their faith to Him; but when He delivers them to the land, at once they associate others with Him" (Al-'Ankabut: 65). It is not true that the God of the Arabs is the same as the God of the Jews and Christians. Christians worship Jesus and believe that God incarnated in him, and the Arabs were far from these philosophies. Islam came to direct the Arabs to single out Allah alone in worship and to invalidate polytheistic intercession. The Jews said that Ezra was the son of God, described God as weary and poor, and harbored enmity towards Gabriel. There were remnants of the People of the Book who adhered to the true religion of Jesus and were awaiting the Seal of the Prophets, such as Waraqah ibn Nawfal.