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good morality and acts decently in the face of their trial, will receive
Allah’s best reward on earth as well as the hereafter:

Their Lord responds to them: “I will not let the deeds of any doer
among you go to waste, male or female– you are both the same in that
respect. Those who migrated and were driven from their homes and
suffered harm in My Way and fought and were killed, I will erase
their bad actions from them and admit them into Gardens with rivers
flowing under them, as a reward from Allah. The best of all rewards
is with Allah.” (Surah al ‘Imran: 195)
Allah reveals in another verse that everyone, man or woman, will
be treated fairly on earth as well as the hereafter: Anyone who acts
rightly, male or female, being a believer, We will give them a good life

and We will recompense them according to the best of what they did.
(Surat an-Nahl: 97)
In Islam, men and women’s standing in society are egalitarian. (See:
Mary: An Exemplary Muslim Woman, Harun Yahya, Global Publishing,
December 2004) According to Islam, women have the same basic rights
as men such as choice of spouse, the right of inheritance, free expression,
acquiring property, working, education and determining their lives.
This is why throughout history Islam has ensured that women have en-
joyed the importance they deserve. This is a fact recognized by Western
historians and the renowned Orientalist Bernard Lewis, who says the

following in this regard:
“Generally speaking the spreading influence of Islam in Arabia improved the
situation of women immensely. They acquired the right of property ownership
and many other rights, and Islam gave them protection against ill-treatment
by their masters or husbands. Islam prohibited the tradition of killing baby
girls in pagan Arabia.” 66

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