Did all the polytheists among the Arabs believe that the angels were the daughters of God, or that God had a son, and did this belief affect the concept of their worship?
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(polytheism) is the act of associating a partner with Allah in His Lordship (Rububiyyah), His worship (Ibadah), or His Names and Attributes. Whoever worships other than Allah is a polytheist, even if he acknowledges that Allah alone is the Lord. The polytheists of Arabia believed that angels were daughters of Allah, as Allah mentioned in the Holy Qur'an. Scholars have stated that the tribes of Khuza'ah and Kinanah held this belief. The shirk of the Arabs was not limited to this; rather, they worshipped idols, and some of them were Christians or Jews, but the majority worshipped idols.
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