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spect and love and raise the person's ranks in His eyes, as well as in the
eyes of other people.
Muslim women have enough dignity and character to reject such

debasing behavior for small gains. Allah informs us of the conspiring na-
ture of unbelieving women: "He saw the shirt torn at the back and said:
'The source of this is women's deviousness. Without a doubt your
guile is very great'" (Surah Yusuf: 28). Some unbelieving women try to
resolve situations by conspiring, intriguing, or lying instead of seeking
rational solutions. Indulging satan's suggestions, they
fall back on hypocrisy, cowardice, or devious methods.
Believing women, on the other hand, resolve their prob-
lems by honesty, openness, and sincerity, for their
awareness of Allah totally removes them from such inap-
propriate behavior.
Unbelieving women also are characterized by envy. Allah
mentions envious people and warns others about their evil: "Say: 'I
seek refuge with the Lord of Daybreak, from the evil of what He

has created and from the evil of the darkness when it gathers,
and from the evil of women who blow on knots and from the
evil of an envier when he envies'" (Surat al-Falaq: 1-5). Some un-
believing women are prone to such behavior, which causes dis-
trust, tantrums, broken relationships, and endless arguments, all of
which result in an unfulfilled and unhappy life. In addition, they cause
great suffering and damage to themselves and to those around them.
Believing women, however, will disregard this aspect of human ego,
knowing that it leads to great losses in this life as well as in the next.
Mockery is another character defect of unbelieving women. In the
following verse Allah warns them against such behavior: "O you who
believe! People should not ridicule others who may be better than
themselves; nor should any women ridicule other women who may be

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)