21 Preface أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الأُنثىٰYusuf AliWhat! For you1 the male sex, and for Him, the female?To show God in human shape, or imagine sons or daughters of God, as if God were flesh, was in any case a derogation from the supreme glory of God, high above all creatures, even if the human shapes were invested with great beauty and majesty as in the Greek Pantheon. But when we consider in what low opinion Pagan Arabia held the female sex, it was particularly degrading to show God, or so-called daughters of God, in female shapes. Cf. 16:57-59, and n. 2082; also 52:39, and n. 5073.