The Status of a Muslim Woman in the Glorious Qur’an

Abstract

Before the revelation of the Glorious Qur„an, women in pre-Islamic paganism were mostly denied of all rights. They were exposed to different kinds of atrocities and multiple hardships since the beginning of creation. They occupied a low and degraded status in most societies. They were customarily assigned the most despised and least important jobs and positions. In some cultures, women were degraded to the extent that men claimed that women were nothing but the epitome of evil. In a nutshell, prior to the revelation of the Glorious Book of Islam, women were deprived of the rights to education; bought and sold like any other commodity; deprived of the right of inheritance; and considered as minors with no rights to make any transactions or to possess wealth. They were generally subjected to the will of men throughout their lives. However, after the advent of Islam, the Glorious Qur‟an emancipated women from all sorts of injustice and exploitation. This paper therefore, intends to discuss on how the Glorious Qur‟an liberated women from all unfair bondages on the one hand, and also how it recognized their status similar to that of their male counterparts on the other.