Woman Between Islam and Western Society
5. Position of Woman in the Islamic Shari‘ah
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bravery, one can say that he is like a lion. But there
is not as much force in saying that a person is “like
a lion” as there is in saying that he
“is
a lion.”
Examples of such usage abound in every language,
including English. A notable one is to be found in
the poem, “Morte d’ Arthur,” by the celebrated
poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson:
…More things are wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of, wherefore, let thy
voice,
Rise like a fountain for me night and day
For what are men better than sheep or goats
That nourish a blind life within the brain,
If knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer
Both for themselves and those who call them
friend?
For so the whole round earth is every way
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
