Paper

Gender Differences and Psycho-Social Status of Woman in Quran


Authors:
Fakhrossadat n/a; Ghoreyshi Rad
Abstract
Women are important characters and subjects of discussion in Quran. It stresses the equality of women and men and explains that they are equal in creation and in the afterlife, but not identical. It states that men and women are created from a single soul. The current study investigates the identity, social status and concepts related to the women in Quran, the handbook of life of the Muslims in religious, social, psychological and cultural domains. The chapters and verses that consider the woman, her roles, duties and laws, have been reviewed. Among the verses, two verses have been explicitly named “Nessa” which means women and “Maryam”. Other verses descended about women’s adventures or their duties. The wide view of Quran on the basic role of woman in family and society has been explained in the verses referred to family or woman. In several places, the woman is shown as a pattern of identification, examples are: the wife of Aaron and Maryam. Method: the curriculum analysis approach, Material: the holy Quran, and Subjects: all the verses and chapters of the holy Quran. Conclusion: The rule of the holy Quran is that there is no difference between one human being and another, and it says: “We have created all human beings to be equally worthy of respect”. It mentions that heaven is for anyone who acts the divan rights.
Keywords
Gender Differences; Equality of Men and Women; Quran; Social Status; Woman
StartPage
49
EndPage
52
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