Beautiful vs. Dutiful - The Queenly Women of Islamic Society One of the biggest advantage of Islamic Hijab is mentioned in Surah Ahzabs 59 th verse. The Arabic word mentioned wala uzaina translated as so that they may not be harassed . What sort of injury the Quran is referring to ? Is a woman in hijab always safe from being teased? No. Then surely the verse refers to some other harassment as well. It is also speaking about psychological harassment. In our times, in every walk of society stretching from a receptionist to a Hollywood actress or model, looks have become an essential currency for young women. Laura Clarke of Daily Mail happens to write the most feminist articles for her news paper. In her Nov/3/ 2009 story she reported that : Girls as young as 10 are worried about their weight and half of teenagers would consider surgery to change their appearance. She further says : Dissatisfaction grows as girls reach puberty, with 50 per cent willing to consider invasive procedures such as plastic surgery or gastric bands to alter their looks. (Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1224847/Girls-young-10-worry-weight-study-finds-half-teenagers-consider-plastic-surgery.html#ixzz1pSLF5Wmn) The sad fact is, for women, especially young women, social status and “looks” go hand in hand. “Good looks” gains social attention, women who aren’t “goodlooking” (whether naturally or deliberately) are socially invisible, unless they have a powerful husband/father/patron. Plastic surgery is viewed by both surgeons and the working women, the college going girls, and now the school girls as an investment in the future, a way of keeping one’s major asset in the new global and flexible economy: one’s youthful look. Looking tired, showing one’s advancing age does not play well in the new labor market. Experience no longer matters as much as it used to. However, what matters is being flexible, being able to embrace change positively. Research among preschool girls found that up to 50 per cent were already anxious about how they look while a third wanted to lose weight or change their hair colour telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6655447/Three-year-old-girls-worry-about-their-weight-study-finds.html Beauty does accompany any lady for a long time.After a few years of shine she has to seek refuge in an artificial beauty through cosmetic surgery, hours of workouts in gyms and starving ( you may read it dieting).Then in an ocean of youthful girls replacing the grown up on bill boards, in jobs , beauty compeititions ...The exiting lady gets a terrible complex of her age and looks. Note this Quranic verse :Our Lord ! Make our wives and children the comfort of our eyes... Surah Furqan ,verse 74 Islamically,a woman is covered in her loose large robe called the hijab. She is not up in the market for being graded. A Muslim woman who pleases her husband is an ideal wife. A woman who guards her chastity from others except her husband is a charismatic wife. A charismatic wife rules the heart of her husband, irrespective of her looks, shape and weight. She is the delight of her husbands eyes. Empowering women occupies a lot of space in the Islamic society. Islamic women are not like the products of marketing thunders that glamorize women glossily through media. They are not displayed like mannequins for window shopping But they rule their families via Islam. They are the foundations, roofs, walls and every decoration of Islamic Families. They dont need slogans of being empowered but rather they themselves empower their men by encouraging and helping them in performing good deeds Author : Nisaar Nadiadwala speaks and writes on islam and Muslim. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo
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