The Holy Qur’an The Qur’an is verily the most important...

The Holy Qur’an The Qur’an is verily the most important source for recognition of religion, as it being an intact and uncorrupted book, to which other books and sources should be measured and judged, and accepted only when proved to be compatible and incongruous to it.

For getting acquainted with the Qur’anic view in respect of the character of the woman, I shall put forth six questions the answers of which given in this Divine Book would portray the real personality of the woman, as follows: Creation of Man & Woman Creation of the first man and woman has been described, in a story­like form, in many verses in the Qur’an.

First Allah has apprised the angels that he was intending to place a viceroy and deputy in the earth: “And when thy Lord said unto the angles: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth…” (Qur’an, 1:30). In other verses in surat al­-Hijr, He said to the angels: “And remember when thy lord said unto the angels: Verily I create man of the essence of black mud fashioned into shape.

So when I complete him and breathe into him My spirit, fall ye down unto him prostrating “in obeisance”.” (Qur’an, 16:28, 29). Then He taught Adam all the names concluding a covenant with him: “And He taught Adam the Names, all of them…” (Qur’an, 1:30). “And indeed had we covenanted unto Adam before, but he forgot; but we did not find in him any intention “to disobey us”.” (Qur’an, 20:115). In another place, He said: “Enjoined I not on you O children of Adam!

that ye should worship not Satan?” (Qur’an, 36:60). After that Adam and his wife dwell in the heaven: “And said we “O Adam! dwell thou and thy mate in the Garden…” (Qur’an, 1:34). Then begins the temptation of the Satan when tempting Adam and his wife Eve, or falsely swearing seducing them both to perpetrate that sin through trickery, cheating them to eat from the forbidden tree, causing them to deflect from the heavens. In the holy Qur’an, it is said: “And said We “O Adam!

dwell thou and thy mate in the Garden and eat ye two therefrom freely as ye two wish but approach not ye two this tree lest ye two will be of the transgressors! But Satan made them slip and drove them out of what they were in; and “whereupon” said We: “Get ye down! the one of you as an enemy unto the other…” (Qur’an, 1:35, 36).

Threat, rebellion and disobedience could only be produced on the part of Adam: “And Adam acted not “to the advises of” his Lord “deceived by Satan” and got astray.” (Qur’an, 20:121).