16أَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمّا يَخلُقُ بَناتٍ وَأَصفاكُم بِالبَنينَN. J. DawoodWould God choose daughters for Himself and sons for you alone?’1The pagan Arabs believed that the angels, and their own goddesses, were daughters of Allāh.