Did you know?
The Koran is the ONLY text on which a religion is based, that contains this statement (and predates women’s rights movements): “AND FOR WOMEN ARE RIGHTS EQUAL TO THE RIGHT AGAINST THEM IN WHAT IS JUST..” There is no religious book, not even the constitution of the United States, which states explicitly like the Koran,
“And for women are rights equal to the rights against them in what is just (2:28).”
Did you know that, Islam based on the Koran [which is very different to the Islam that Muslim masses believe in], gave women the right to property ownership and a voice in legal testimony centuries before such “revolutionary” ideas were even dreamed of by Christian Europe or the New World?Did you ever imagine that,Islam has never had a problem with women in authority. Even in modern days, Muslim lands have seen female heads of states. We have yet to see a woman president in the United States?Maybe you don’t know that:
Men and women are of equal human status in the Koran (Koran 3:195), however Christian doctrine on which the early American societies were based, had Biblical norms which hold that a woman is subordinate to a man (1 Corinthians 14:34) and are created for man (1 Timothy 2:11)
IS POLYGAMY YOUR VIEW OF ISLAM?
The Koran severely restricted the open practice of Polygamy in society. Surprised? Amazed? The ONLY major “religious” book that states, “… Then MARRY ONLY ONE (Koran 4:3),” is the Koran. The Bible doesn’t prescribe monogamy. All through the Old and New Testament, Polygamy was the practice and laws are constructed assuming polygamous marriage. “If he take him another wife her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish (Exodus 2:10- The Bible).” Did they ever tell you?
The early Lutheran Church in Germany, particularly the city of Munster proclaimed polygamy (polygyny) as the “ideal form of marriage” ( Cairncross 1974:1).
You didn’t expect that:
The Koran restricted the practice of Polygamy and suggests MONOGAMY as the ONLY acceptable form of marriage for Society in general.
Polygamy is only encouraged by the Koran where it concerns “oppressed or the orphans among women (4:3)”, if justice can be done by marrying more than one. If justice cannot be done by marrying more than one from among the “oppressed (Yatama)” class of women, then the Koran suggests monogamy as the ONLY acceptable marriage bond in Islam. “…THEN MARRY ONLY ONE! (Qur’an 4:3).”You didn’t expect that:
The Koran restricted the practice of Polygamy and suggests MONOGAMY as the ONLY acceptable form of marriage for Society in general.
Polygamy is only encouraged by the Koran where it concerns “oppressed or the orphans among women (4:3)”, if justice can be done by marrying more than one. If justice cannot be done by marrying more than one from among the “oppressed (Yatama)” class of women, then the Koran suggests monogamy as the ONLY acceptable marriage bond in Islam. “…THEN MARRY ONLY ONE! (Qur’an 4:3).”
I’m glad to find someone that explains this from the perspective that is given in the verse. I’m frightened by the amount of people (both Muslims and non Muslims) that left the whole part about justice for orphanage women and believed that a man “can have multiple wives to fulfil his desires”, I’m scared for all muslims that believe in that and argue & support this point of view since God says in the holy Quran (So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.), and it’s nearly heartbreaking to see that because of unfair programming regarding men’s and women’s desires non Muslims think Islam “only values the man’s desires and neglects the woman’s” by allowing polygamy for men, it makes them (especially women) feel repulsed by our beautiful and most merciful religion. I find it very hard to believe that God would allow such a thing where he, Al-aleem, know how much pain it causes a woman & how traumatic and heartbreaking that can be for her. A psychological damage that will probably stay with her for the rest of her life. On the other hand, there are the women that have been very unfairly programmed to neglect their needs and prioritise the man’s, & by that they got programmed into thinking they “have to” accept the man’s polygamy, and this is unfortunately a large group in several Islamic societies, which is totally against our beautiful religion where many verses refer taking care of women. It is not our religion that has this programming, it is the western world that has the unfair programming (that they don’t talk about but everything about their society expresses that). I can’t force myself to accept that polygamy is the solution to men’s degenerate behaviours because of their lack of self-control with their “desires”, God have created men to be much more powerful than that. Men are meant to be powerful leaders, and that can not be fully achieved without great self-control and discipline. They are meant to be leaders that lead society, the men’s promiscuity in the west has destroyed their system and by that women’s promiscuity increased, & = a collapsing society. Instead of always trying to solve what men do wrong we have to remind them of the power of their masculinity, & their responsibility to be very disciplined & have clear vision and path to lead the society to the better side. I’m sick of always hearing men online comparing themselves to animals & justify their “need” to polygamy by that “because they have to spread their seeds”. No good seeds come from a promiscuous man that had the minimum self-control & isn’t a good leader in the society. Women are now getting more and more aware, more women are no longer staying silent in all societies (the Western’s idea of this is a movement to try emasculating women instead of letting them embrace their power, totally misleading). Altough in many societies women are still afraid to stand for their most vulnerable boundaries, however there is no doubt that more women are realising their power again and finally understanding that it’s not their responsibility to solve all the man’s problems and take accountability for the man’s faults. And thankfully, these aware women know that feminism and similar ideologies are none sense. Powerful women create powerful children (the continuity of the human race), and powerful men create powerful societies (the system in which humans will live and evolve). Both are needed and both are a necessity.
English isn’t a strength of mine, but I wanted to express my thoughts somewhere even for once, it’s not everyday I find the logical interpretation of an aya that was mistranslated and misused throughout centuries.
I don’t know who the author is, but whoever you are, thank you.