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The fact that men and women receive different legal treatment in the 'Qur'an' does not in the least mean that they are not equal before God. The authority of men is relevant to the external circumstances of this earthly life only. Before God, men and women are equal. In the Scriptures women are not spiritually or intellectually inferior. In rank they are men's equals. Muhammad enjoins upon the believers a moral concept of marriage and commands men to treat women with "kindness, friendliness and justice".
(170:1)
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