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God asks us to follow these injunctions for our own benefit. A pure
society will result not only in salvation but in prosperity. What would you
choose, a society where men and women respect one another and help one another
achieve nearness to God, or would you prefer the present society? Let's face
reality. Women have no respect in this society. Just turn on the radio, you
will hear how men talk about going to the beach to look at women, free ladies'
night at the clubs; we see surveys in major magazines where more than half of
American men report being sexually aroused on the job daily by the way women
dress themselves; teen pregnancies, rape, youth suicide, runaways, adultery,
divorce on the rise, broken homes; another survey of Time Magazine reports that
men between the ages of 25 to 40 have 6 to 9 sexual partners; picture the
scenes on college campuses, especially where there are dorms, is this really the
society in which you, your children, your future generations want to spend the
short time we have on this earth to prepare for our eternal life?
As a woman, I pity women in this society. From early childhood,
they are taught that their main asset is their physical attraction (think of
teen beauty pageants; there are now cheer-pom squads for girls even in
elementary schools). They are made to believe that they must parade their
physical beauty, spend hours working out in the gyms to shape their figures only
to display them at the beaches, all this demeaning compromise so that
eventually they will catch a husband. Once they do, they continue to display
their attractiveness outside the home, only to be complimented by men other
than their husband, or sexually harassed on the job, generally starting the
slide into the path of adultery, divorce, broken homes, etc... Enough is
Enough.
In Islam, a women need not compromise her dignity, her integrity,
her high self-esteem at any time. She thinks, behaves, and dresses modestly.
She is respected by all members of the society, particularly men. She displays
her beauty for her own husband, not providing a free show for all to enjoy:
..and display not your beauty like the displaying of the former
days of ignorance ... (33:34)
Here is the key word `ignorance'. If you walked in an area where
prostitutes were parading, would you not feel pity for them and understand that
they chose this way of life out of ignorance, because of low self-esteem
learned from bad childhood experiences? The Holy Prophet of Islam (saw) tells
us:
When you are contemplating a certain course of action, reflect
first upon its consequences; if they are good persist, if they are bad desist.
Modest behaviour, of which clothing is only one part, is worth the
effort. Why would we, as women, who are entrusted the great responsibility of
teaching all of mankind the ways of our Lord, why would we ever want to cause
indecent thoughts in the mind of our fellow men who are our brothers in the
sight of God. In an Islamic society, men and women help each other achieve
goodness, they are not devilishly tempting one another.
The believers, men and women, are friends one of another. They
enjoin good and forbid evil and observe Prayer and pay the Zakat (tax for the
poor), and obey Allah and His Messenger. It is these whom Allah will have
mercy. Surely, Allah is Mighty, Wise. Allah has promised the believers, men and
women, Gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide, and
delightful dwelling places in Gardens of Eternity, and the pleasure of Allah,
which is the greatest bounty of All. That is the supreme triumph. (9:71-72)
The symbolic description above refers to paradise which Islam tells
us is a condition of nearness to God which can begin to be reached here on
earth, the river flowing under the gardens of paradise refers to the never
ending, continuously progressing nature of the quest for the pleasure of God,
which is in fact, heaven.
Modest behaviour includes not only how we dress, but how we think,
how we address others:
...So be no soft in speech, lest he, in whose heart is a disease,
should feel tempted; and speak decent words. (33:33)
God understands that all men do not feel tempted every time they
look at a woman, however indecently she may be dressed. But we have no way of
knowing the inner state of morality of others.
Islam, as I mentioned earlier, takes a proactive and systematic
approach to the establishment of morality in an upright society. Regulation of
behaviour between men and women is only one of the preventive dictates of
Islam. Others include no intoxicants at all so that human beings are always
acting with a clear head and able to make responsible choices. Remember the
goal is to produce individuals who eventually achieve communion with God. Of
course, production of such individuals in large numbers, who would be the rule
rather than the exception, can only be achieved in an upright society where
spiritual thriving is the norm.
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
Islamic Religious Quotes Islamic Quotes In Urdu About Love In English About Life Tumblr Wallpapers In Arabic Images On Marriage About Women
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