Page 301 - Christians Must Heed Jesus

Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

ways strive to be wiser, more talented, more responsible and of better
character and morals.

Almighty God reveals in verses that there is no distinction among
Muslims between men and women and that any superiority among
them lies solely in faith, sincerity, purity and fear of God, in other
words in piety:
The men and women of the believers are friends of one another.
They command what is right and forbid what is wrong, and per-
form their prayers and pay alms, and obey God and His Messen-
ger. They are the people on whom God will have mercy. God is
Almighty, All-Wise. God has promised the men and women of
the believers Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining
in them timelessly, forever, and fine dwellings in the Gardens of
Eden. And God's good pleasure is even greater. That is the great
victory. (Koran, 9:71-72)

Men and women who are Muslims, men and women who are be-
lievers, men and women who are obedient, men and women who
are truthful, men and women who are steadfast, men and women
who are humble, men and women who give alms, men and
women who fast, men and women who guard their private parts,
men and women who remember God much: God has prepared
forgiveness for them and an immense reward. (Koran, 33:35)

As is quite clear from this verse, women and men are equal in
their responsibilities to God. Equality between men and women can be
seen from the way that God recognizes equal rights for men and
women during the test in the life of this world.
Through the verses "We made everything on the Earth adorn-
ment for it so that We could test them to see whose actions are the
best." (Koran, 18:7) and "Every self will taste death. We test you with
both good and evil as a trial. And you will be returned to Us." (Ko-
ran, 21:35), God reveals that men and women are tested in order to re-

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