Status of Women in Islam

it and from the two of them spread countless men and women [throughout the earth]. Fear God, in whose name you appeal to one another, and be mindful of your obligations in respect of ties of kinship. God is always watching over you.” (4:1) This verse of the Quran tells us that God has created man and woman from the same soul, that is, from the same substance. The human race has come from Adam and Eve, the first man and the first woman. Looked at in this way, human beings are blood brothers and blood sisters. Another verse of the Quran reads: “It was He who created you from a single soul, and from it made its mate so that he may find comfort in her.” (7:189) This verse stresses what is common between man and woman; both are a source of comfort to one another. The word ‘comfort’ relates to all the activities of life, meaning thereby that God has created men and women in such a way that they assist one another in all