Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 463
! ! 463 The overall responsibility for putting women off religion lies solely with the bad example set by these men. Thus , the best way to morally train women is to teach them religious knowledge and to give them all the rights , which h ave been granted to them by God. For God Almighty says in the Holy Qur’ān , that you have been given some rights over women in the same way that women have been given rights over men. Consequently, women should be accorded t heir legitimate rights and they should be made to feel that ma n will never hesitate to grant them the rights which Shariah has accorded them. If women are treated in this way , their moral training will most certainly ensue in the most exceptional way. They will be come inspired , for true inspiration does not come from outside , but is created from withi n. The inner heart can only be motivated when the facultie s to think and reflect are developed. As long as the facul ty of thought remains dormant within a person and until they can shoulder responsibility for themselves , they cannot progress. These are the factors which are advantageous in a woman’s progres s and training. Proper moral training is not possible without this. (Misbah, February 1945)