But it shouldn’t be forgotten that this command is so that Islam can say...

But it shouldn’t be forgotten that this command is so that Islam can say, not only is woman a human being and possessing all human rights, not only does she have the right to decide about her own property, and man has no right to repress this right of hers without her consent, but also if she wishes, she may demand her recompense for suckling (her child). What a deep impression did this order make in that environment?!

In short, women of the world have a great obligation to Islam, because it saved them from the grip of the tyranny of history’s oppressors on condition that Islamic instructions are carried out properly and in detail. [^1]: The period before Islam. (N.T.) [^3]: Al-Ahzab 33:35 [^4]: Al-Talaq 65:6 Previous…