Let us analyze ‘the Spiritual rights’ of women in Islam
The greatest misconception that the West hasabout Islam, is that they think ‘Paradise in Islam,
is only meant for the male - it is not meant for the female’. This misconception can be removed by quoting from. Which says. ‘If any of you do deeds of righteousness, whether it be male or a female and has faith, they shall surely enter Paradise and not the least injustice shall be done to them’
[Al-Qur’an surah No.4, verse No.124]
A similar thing is a similar thing is repeated.
‘If any of you perform good deeds, be it a man or a women and is a believer, We shall give you good life and We should reward you for all your good works’ . [Al- Qur’an surah No.16, verse No.97]
Just because in Islam, sex is not the criteria to enter Paradise will you call such rights in Islam as modernizing or outdated? Another misconception is that, which the Western media has, that ‘The woman has no soul’. In fact, it was in the seventeenth century,
when the Council of wise men when they gathered at Rome, and they unanimously agreed that the woman had no soul. In Islam, man and woman have the same spiritual nature, ‘O humankind reverence your guardian lord, who has created you from a single person and created like nature his mate’ .[Surah Nisa, Ch.4, Verse No.1]
A similar thing is mentioned in Qur’an “which says that ‘We have made for you companions and mates of your own nature” [Al-Qur’an Ch. 16 verse 72]
2) ‘He is the one who has created the heavens and the earth and has made for you pairs from among yourselves’ [ Al-Qur’an Ch.42, Verse No.11 ] Just because the spiritual nature of a man and woman is the same in Islam, will you call such rights in Islam,
as modernizing or outdated? The Qur’an clearly mentions that ‘Allah (SWT) has Breathed somewhat of His spirit into the human beings’. If you read. “When I have fashioned you in due Proportion and have breathed into you Something of my spirit, fall ye down in obeisance” [Al-Qur’an Ch.15, Verse No.29,]
A similar thing is repeated in the Qur’an, “We have fashioned you in due proportion and have breathed into you something of My
spirit”[Al-Qur’an Ch. 32, Verse No.9] Here, when Allah (SWT) refers to ‘As something of My Spirit, is breathed into the human beings’ - it does not mean, a sort of incarnation or a pantheistic form. It means that Allah(god) has given to every human being something of His spiritual Nature, and the Knowledge of God Almighty, and coming closer towards Him.
Here it refers to both Adam and Eve (may peace be upon them) - Both were breathed something of Allah (SWT)’S Spirit.
Again we read in the Qur’an, that Allah has appointed the human being as His vicegerent, as His trustee, ‘We have honored the children of Adam and bestowed on them special favours’. [ Al-Qur’an Ch.17, Verse No.70,]
Here all the children of Adam have beenhonoured, male as well as female. There are some Religious scriptures, for example the Bible, which puts the blame on Eve for the downfall of humanity. In fact if you read the Qur’an in [SurahAraf, Ch.7, Verse No.19 to 27,] Adam and Eve (may peace be upon them both) are addressed, more than a dozen of times. Both disobeyed God, both asked for forgiveness, both repented, and both were forgiven.
In the Bible, if you read Genesis, Ch. 3, only Eve(May peace be upon her) is held responsible for the downfall of humanity. And according to the doctrine of ‘Original Sin’, because of Eve (may peace be upon her) the whole of humanity is born in sin. If you read the Bible it states that the God of ‘the Bible’ it is saying. ‘Unto the woman you shall bear in conception and in sorrow shall you give birth and your desire shall be of your husband and he shall rule over you’ [Bible in Genesis, Ch. 3, Verse No.16,] That means, pregnancy and child birth has been said in the Bible to degrade the women and the labour pain is a sort of punishment. In fact if you read the Qur’an, pregnancy and child birth have uplifted the women. If you read. ‘Respect the womb that bore you’. [Surah Nisa, Ch.4, Verse No.1]
It further mention in Qur’an:‘We have enjoined on the human being to be kind to the parents, in travail upon travail did their mother
bore them and in years twain was their weaning’ [Al-Qur’an Ch.31, Verse No.14]
‘We have enjoined on the human beings to be kind to his parents’. [Al-Qur’an Ch.46,VerseNo.15]
To be kind to the parents - in pain did their mother bore them, and in pain did she give them birth - Pregnancy in the Qur’an has uplifted the women not degraded her Just because pregnancy has uplifted the women in Islam will you call such rights in Islam as modernizing or outdated?
The only criteria for judgment in the sight of Allah is ‘Taqwa’, ‘God consciousness’ or ‘righteousness’ Allah say in the Qur’an:Surah Hujurat, Ch.49, Verse No.13
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Surah Hujurat, Ch.49, Verse No.13 ‘O humankind, We have created you from a single pair of male and female and have divided you into nations and tribes, so that you shall recognize each other not that you despise each other and the most honored in the sight of Allah, is the one who is the most righteous’. [Al-Qur’an Ch.49, Verse No.13]
Sex, colour, caste, wealth has got no criteria in Islam - The only criteria in the sight of Allah it is ‘Taqwa’, neither is sex the criteria for Allah (SWT) to reward or to punish a person.
If you read ‘I will never suffer the loss of any of you, be it male or female, you are companions unto each other’. [Al-Qur’an Ch.3 Verse No.195]
‘InnalMuslimeena Was Muslimati’ - ‘For Muslim men and Muslim women’ ‘
‘WaKaniteenaWakantaati’ – ‘For devout men and women’ ‘
‘Or men and women who give in charity’. ‘
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‘For men and women who engage much in Allah’s (SWTala’s) praise’ ‘
‘That for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and ample of reward’ [Al-Qur’an Ch.33,Verse No.35]
This verse indicates that the spiritual duties, the moral duties, for the men and women in Islam are the same - Both have to believe, both have to pray, both have to fast, both have to give Zakat, etc, etc. But the women has been given certain concession in Islam. If she is undergoing her menstrual period or pregnancy, she does not have to fast - She can keep those fasts later on, when she is more healthy In fact, during the menstrual period and during the postnatal period, she need not pray also - She has been given the concession, and neither does she have to compensate it later on. Just because the moral duties of the men and women are equal in Islam will you call such rights in Islam as modernizing or outdated?
[Al-Qur’an surah No.4, verse No.124]
A similar thing is a similar thing is repeated.
‘If any of you perform good deeds, be it a man or a women and is a believer, We shall give you good life and We should reward you for all your good works’ . [Al- Qur’an surah No.16, verse No.97]
Just because in Islam, sex is not the criteria to enter Paradise will you call such rights in Islam as modernizing or outdated? Another misconception is that, which the Western media has, that ‘The woman has no soul’. In fact, it was in the seventeenth century,
when the Council of wise men when they gathered at Rome, and they unanimously agreed that the woman had no soul. In Islam, man and woman have the same spiritual nature, ‘O humankind reverence your guardian lord, who has created you from a single person and created like nature his mate’ .[Surah Nisa, Ch.4, Verse No.1]
A similar thing is mentioned in Qur’an “which says that ‘We have made for you companions and mates of your own nature” [Al-Qur’an Ch. 16 verse 72]
2) ‘He is the one who has created the heavens and the earth and has made for you pairs from among yourselves’ [ Al-Qur’an Ch.42, Verse No.11 ] Just because the spiritual nature of a man and woman is the same in Islam, will you call such rights in Islam,
as modernizing or outdated? The Qur’an clearly mentions that ‘Allah (SWT) has Breathed somewhat of His spirit into the human beings’. If you read. “When I have fashioned you in due Proportion and have breathed into you Something of my spirit, fall ye down in obeisance” [Al-Qur’an Ch.15, Verse No.29,]
A similar thing is repeated in the Qur’an, “We have fashioned you in due proportion and have breathed into you something of My
spirit”[Al-Qur’an Ch. 32, Verse No.9] Here, when Allah (SWT) refers to ‘As something of My Spirit, is breathed into the human beings’ - it does not mean, a sort of incarnation or a pantheistic form. It means that Allah(god) has given to every human being something of His spiritual Nature, and the Knowledge of God Almighty, and coming closer towards Him.
Here it refers to both Adam and Eve (may peace be upon them) - Both were breathed something of Allah (SWT)’S Spirit.
Again we read in the Qur’an, that Allah has appointed the human being as His vicegerent, as His trustee, ‘We have honored the children of Adam and bestowed on them special favours’. [ Al-Qur’an Ch.17, Verse No.70,]
Here all the children of Adam have beenhonoured, male as well as female. There are some Religious scriptures, for example the Bible, which puts the blame on Eve for the downfall of humanity. In fact if you read the Qur’an in [SurahAraf, Ch.7, Verse No.19 to 27,] Adam and Eve (may peace be upon them both) are addressed, more than a dozen of times. Both disobeyed God, both asked for forgiveness, both repented, and both were forgiven.
In the Bible, if you read Genesis, Ch. 3, only Eve(May peace be upon her) is held responsible for the downfall of humanity. And according to the doctrine of ‘Original Sin’, because of Eve (may peace be upon her) the whole of humanity is born in sin. If you read the Bible it states that the God of ‘the Bible’ it is saying. ‘Unto the woman you shall bear in conception and in sorrow shall you give birth and your desire shall be of your husband and he shall rule over you’ [Bible in Genesis, Ch. 3, Verse No.16,] That means, pregnancy and child birth has been said in the Bible to degrade the women and the labour pain is a sort of punishment. In fact if you read the Qur’an, pregnancy and child birth have uplifted the women. If you read. ‘Respect the womb that bore you’. [Surah Nisa, Ch.4, Verse No.1]
It further mention in Qur’an:‘We have enjoined on the human being to be kind to the parents, in travail upon travail did their mother
bore them and in years twain was their weaning’ [Al-Qur’an Ch.31, Verse No.14]
‘We have enjoined on the human beings to be kind to his parents’. [Al-Qur’an Ch.46,VerseNo.15]
To be kind to the parents - in pain did their mother bore them, and in pain did she give them birth - Pregnancy in the Qur’an has uplifted the women not degraded her Just because pregnancy has uplifted the women in Islam will you call such rights in Islam as modernizing or outdated?
The only criteria for judgment in the sight of Allah is ‘Taqwa’, ‘God consciousness’ or ‘righteousness’ Allah say in the Qur’an:Surah Hujurat, Ch.49, Verse No.13
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Surah Hujurat, Ch.49, Verse No.13 ‘O humankind, We have created you from a single pair of male and female and have divided you into nations and tribes, so that you shall recognize each other not that you despise each other and the most honored in the sight of Allah, is the one who is the most righteous’. [Al-Qur’an Ch.49, Verse No.13]
Sex, colour, caste, wealth has got no criteria in Islam - The only criteria in the sight of Allah it is ‘Taqwa’, neither is sex the criteria for Allah (SWT) to reward or to punish a person.
If you read ‘I will never suffer the loss of any of you, be it male or female, you are companions unto each other’. [Al-Qur’an Ch.3 Verse No.195]
‘InnalMuslimeena Was Muslimati’ - ‘For Muslim men and Muslim women’ ‘
‘WaKaniteenaWakantaati’ – ‘For devout men and women’ ‘
‘Or men and women who give in charity’. ‘
‘
‘For men and women who engage much in Allah’s (SWTala’s) praise’ ‘
‘That for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and ample of reward’ [Al-Qur’an Ch.33,Verse No.35]
This verse indicates that the spiritual duties, the moral duties, for the men and women in Islam are the same - Both have to believe, both have to pray, both have to fast, both have to give Zakat, etc, etc. But the women has been given certain concession in Islam. If she is undergoing her menstrual period or pregnancy, she does not have to fast - She can keep those fasts later on, when she is more healthy In fact, during the menstrual period and during the postnatal period, she need not pray also - She has been given the concession, and neither does she have to compensate it later on. Just because the moral duties of the men and women are equal in Islam will you call such rights in Islam as modernizing or outdated?
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