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Lailatul Qadr- Transliterate

Women in Islam Brainstorm Ideas What do u think women’s responsibilities are in an Islamic Society?

Islam confers on women all the political and social rights, which man enjoys. She is entitled to all the privileges bestowed upon man. Beside worldly matters, women are also equal to men in the spiritual sense. Allah says in the Quran: Surely, men who submit themselves to GOD and women who submit themselves to HIM, and believing men and believing women, and obedient men and obedient women, and truthful men and truthful women, and men steadfast in their faith and steadfast women, and men who are humble and women who are humble, and men who give alms and women who give alms, and men who fast and women who fast, and men who guard their chastity and women who guard their chastity and men who remember ALLAH much and women who remember HIM - ALLAH has prepared for all of them forgiveness and a great reward (33:36) This verse makes it clear that Muslim women stand on the same level with Muslim men and that they can attain to all those spiritual heights to which men can attain. At several places in the Quran, believing men and believing women are addressed in the same language and are made equally subject to the same commandments and entitled to the same rights and privileges. Only their duties are different because their spheres of activity are different. When the Quran speaks about the souls of human beings, it does not differentiate between man and woman. O ye people ! fear your Lord who created you from a single soul and of its kind created its mate, and from them twain spread many men and women; and fear ALLAH, in Whose name you appeal to one another, and fear him particularly respecting ties of kinship. Verily ALLAH watches over you (4:2) The words single soul in this verse signifie man and woman taken together. They are spoken of as one because they are two things jointly performing one function. This verse affirms that women and men belong to the same kind and species and that they have the same propensities.

Definitions Raiment- clothing, apparel Paradigm- ideas and thoughts that make a model or an understanding; understanding of a standard Reality- a state or quality of being real Segment- a part that separates Equity- something that is fair and just Literally- actual without exaggeration; word for word Liberate- to set free Advent- arrival Precept- commandment or a rule Conducive- productive, useful Systematic- having a system or plan Covert- secret, concealed, disguiese Credibility- capable of being believed, believable Chaste- pure Monasticism- monastary mode of life Consort- husband or wife, spouse Injunction- an act or process of enjoining

HOMEWORK 1.Memorize Lailatul Qadr with translation 2.Reread article “The role of women in an islamic society”