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Through this verse, Allah advises
Muslims to disobey their parents only if the

latter choose to rebel against Allah and en-
courage their children to do the same. But
still, as required by Islam's morality, one
must not be disrespectful toward them and
must honor their wishes and treat them
well.

Women in Married

Life

Relationships based on worldly values
can degenerate into baseness, as often hap-
pens in marriage. When people's love and
respect is based on these values, they can
lose these feelings quickly when circum-

stances change. This is almost inevitable
when love, respect, and loyalty depend on
one's beauty, wealth, health, job, or status,
for when these temporary and superficial
characteristics disappear, so will the other
person's love. Someone who follows such
criteria will find no reason to continue to
love and honor his or her spouse when the
basis for those values is lost.

Belief, fear and respect of Allah, and
decency of character are what make love, re-
spect, and loyalty endure. Someone who

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)