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The Greatest Blessing
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Tradition, the Prophet of Islam
once said: “Of all the good things in the world, a
woman of good character is the best!”
This means that every woman is born with this
natural potential. And it is a man who has to
realize this potential. Just as an ore is nature’s gift
to man and it is a man’s job to turn this ore into
steel; so is a woman born with her natural
capabilities, and it is a man’s responsibility to
make her into a good woman.
In order to do this, the first thing a man has to
do, is to regard her as an asset. He should look
into her inner beauty and see her hidden talents.
A woman has great value and potential in her
and it is up to a man to convert this potential into
actuality, or it will go to waste.
This process is possible only whenman realizes
that the wife he has found is a gift from God.
When he accepts her as God’s gift, then he will
firmly believe that God’s choice for him can never
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