2. THE QUALITIES OF A BELIEVING WOMAN

2. The qualities of a believing woman ~ 25 ~ piety, humility, honesty, patience and compassion are demanded of men, they will in like measure be demanded of women. The fact that men and women function in different spheres has no bearing whatsoever on the ultimate equality — equality in the eyes of God. BASIC ATTRIBUTES OF MEN AND WOMEN The characteristics of true believers, both men and women, are depicted in the Qur’an in the following words: Men and women who have surrendered, believing men and believing women, obedient men and obedient women, truthful men and truthful women, enduring men and enduring women, humble men and humble women, men and women who give in charity, men who fast and women who fast, men and women who guard their chastity, men and women who remember God in