Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 102
102 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH paradise, they will never get the blessing of “dwelling there forever”. Cooperation of Man and Woman is imperative for the creation of Paradise of this World and of the Hereafter If people had comprehended this point and allowed the participation of women in national life by understanding its importance and value, then the condition of Islam along with that of the world would not have been how it looks now. This world would have been a paradise for human beings. They would have attained the paradise in this world. The paradise of people, who get it without women, is not real, for the characteristic of a paradise is that it should be a dwelling paradise, and without women, it cannot be achieved. On one side, man makes a paradise, and on the other, woman banishes his offspring from it, for without the proper training of offspring, the eternal paradise of a nation cannot be achieved. Women play a major role in training the children. There will always be a need for the cooperation and equal participation of a woman with man for the establishment of a paradise. When a woman is educated and righteous, has love for religion and a great urge to act upon the commands of God and His Messenger, then it will be impossible that she should not try to create the same passion in her children. Thus, where the duty of men is to prepare the paradise