Why did Allah refrain from having any female prophets? We must recall that the Quran indicates that Allah favors men over women (Quran 4:34) and that Allah has made men a degree above women (Quran 2:228). Our Debate Question is: Does the fact that Allah chose not to have a single female prophet affect how Muslim men regard Muslim women, and how Muslim women regard their own capabilities?
In Quran 21:7, we read that Allah explicitly indicates that he did not choose any female prophets: "And we sent not before you, [O, Muhammad] except MEN to whom we revealed [the message] so ask the people of the message if you do not know." Similarly, Quran 13:38 states: "And verily We sent messengers (to mankind) before you, and We appointed for them wives and offspring," [the messengers are thus married men].
Why did Allah refrain from having any female prophets? We must recall that the Quran indicates that Allah favors men over women (Quran 4:34) and that Allah has made men a degree above women (Quran 2:228). Our Debate Question is: Does the fact that Allah chose not to have a single female prophet affect how Muslim men regard Muslim women, and how Muslim women regard their own capabilities?
5 Comments
Herman
9/17/2017 05:10:12 am
Truly, there are 26 male prophets of Islam (not 25) if you include Khidr, as I believe you should.
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lila
1/13/2021 05:46:07 am
so what
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Hasif
3/16/2021 09:50:31 am
They do have role models MARYAM (AS)
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Herman
3/16/2021 10:02:40 am
Even if Maryam is a prophet, we still have 26 male prophets, and just one female prophet. Why does your god not like women?
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Noah
10/19/2022 03:15:55 pm
Allah said that there has been 124000 prophets, there had to be some woman. Now we have so many great woman to look up to, Mary (RA), Aisha (RA), Fatima (RA) Khadija (RA) and many other woman. Leave a Reply. |
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