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However, the reference comes from Kitab al Asnam(The book of idols) which was written by 2nd century hijra scholar Hisham ibn Al Kalbi.
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I went to the book in it's original Arabic text. This is what Hisham said:
وكان هبل أعظم أصنام العرب التي في جوف الكعبة وحولها، وكان من عقيق أحمر على صورة إنسان مكسور اليد اليمنى
Translation: And Hubal was the greatest idol of the Arabs that was inside the Ka'bah and surrounding it, and was made of red agate, and shaped like a human, but with the right hand broken off.........
So Hubal was the
IDOL. This is not the same as saying greatest "GOD".
Soooooo....... in order for this argument to get pushed through one would have to prove that "Allah" was just another idol, but that is not the case.
As the Qur'an says, the mushrikeen would use their idols as intercessors to get closer to Allah.
So.......... there is no reason to believe that Hisham ibn Al Kalbi was wrong, since there is not yet any contradiction between what he said and what the Islamic sources have said.