The second point which must be mentioned is that in many of the
verses of the QurÁn we see that humanity on a whole has been
condemned – for example:
Indeed man has been created covetous: anxious when an ill befalls him and grudging when good comes his way.
In another place in the QurÁn we read:
إِنَّهُ ۥ كَانَ ظَلُومً۬ا جَهُولاً۬
Indeed he (the human being) is most unjust and senseless.
In yet another place in the QurÁn we read that the human being is one whose rejection of the bounties of God is transparent and apparent for everyone to see:
إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ۬ مُّبِينٌ
Man is indeed a manifest ingrate.
In one more place, the human being has been considered as a creation that anytime a blessing reaches him, he goes into a state of rebellion:
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ (٦) أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ (٧)
Indeed man becomes rebellious, when he considers himself without need.
There are many more such verses as well in the QurÁn.
Without a doubt the human being is not, within his nature, to be a
manifest ingrate, nor is he most unfair and senseless, nor is he rebellious.
Rather, apparently what is meant here is that these verses are talking
about human beings who have – willingly – not gone under the training
and nurturing of the Divinely appointed leaders, and just like plants,
allow themselves to grow on their own. They do not have a guide, nor
do they have anyone to help them wake up from their spiritual slumber,
and thus they are caught up in their own whims and desires.
It is for this reason that in the QurÁn there is praise for those people
who possess God-consciousness and submit to the orders of AllÁh, and
principally [the existence of] humanity themselves have been introduced
as the ultimate purpose behind the creation of the universe:
Certainly We have honored the Children of Adam, and carried them over land and sea, and provided them with all the good things, and given them an advantage over many of those whom We have created with a complete preference.
When we speak about the female gender as well, we see that the same
rules apply (as mentioned above in these verses of the QurÁn).
Amongst women, there are those who are noble such that it is even
difficult to find men who have reached their caliber; but the opposite of
this is also true that there are many women who have gone astray and
are the source of many of the societal evils.
By keeping this introduction in mind, let us now begin the
interpretation and clarification of the sermon mentioned (about the
“deficiencies in women”) and at the end of our discussion, we will bring
up some final points in this regards.
