Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 199
199 Thus, take any facet of Islam and you will find that women do not lag behind men. You should throw this notion out of your minds , which has been placed there by some foolish men, that women are oppressed. You are not oppressed. In fact, God Almighty h as given you that governing power against which no government in the world can stand. Look at the government of Pakistan. There are many people who use foul language against it, but nobody can utter profanity against the rule of a wife. If someone said to a ma n, ‘Do not love and care for your wife. ’ He would reply, ‘You are a horrible person. You w ish to bring turmoil in to my family life. I cannot listen to what you are saying. ’ B ut if someone were to say that a government official of Pakistan is a corrupt man, th en that person may even start to agree with his views. Thus, no man can tolerate views against his wife ’s rule. Thus, now you have been given a great opportunity by God Almighty. Today, you can serve Islam in the same way the Muslim women did at the time of the Holy Prophet sa. You can serve in the same way as Ha z rat Hajrah did. Yo u can serve in the same manner as the milkmaids of Krishna as did. Yo u can serve as Hazrat Jesus as ’ mother, Ha z rat Mar y , served. The study of the life of Ha z rat Jesus as tell s us that it was mostly women who served [religion]. When animosity against Ha z rat Jesus as increased, the Bible states that a woman came to him and poured a very costly perfume on his feet and then she loosened her hair and dried his feet with her hair (John , Ch. 11: V. 2). People said, ‘What a foolish woman! She has wasted such a precious perfume. M any poor could have lived off its price. ’ Ha z rat Jesus as replied, ‘Why do you bother her? She has shown goodness t o wards me, because the poor will always remain with you , but I will not remain with you forever’ (Matthew , Ch. 26: V. 6 - 13). Subsequently , when Jesus as was lifted upon the cross, along with his mother, three or four other women were also present near him (Mark , Ch. 15: V. 40). After looking at the portrayal of this incident in Christian literature, it can be seen that Ha z rat Mary controlled her emotions and tears did not come to her eyes, but the other women had tears flowing from their eyes. Then, it is stated in the Bible that when Ha z rat Jesus as was taken out of the tomb after three day s, it was the women who approached him firs t and not the men (Mark , Ch. 16). Hi story tells us that wh en he went into hiding here and there to avoid being hang ed , it was the women