The pre-Islamic Arabs believed Manāt to be the goddess of fate. She was known by the cognate name Manawat to the Nabataeans of Petra, who equated her with the Graeco-Roman goddess Nemesis, and she was considered the wife of Hubal. The Qur`an confirmed that the pre-Islamic Arabs believed that some female idols were daughters of God, like Allāt, .... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manāt