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I was reading some commentary on Sharia Law about the status of men and women according to the Quran, and this guy is quoting Surah 33:35, saying, "as men are equipped with the quality of self-sacrifice, so are women; as men can keep complete control over themselves, so can women..."
and this guy concludes that "there is no aspect of life in which men are competent but the women are not."
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If you read other sections like Surah 4:34, which says "Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has made one of them to excel the other, and because they spend from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient..."
What part of "Allah has made one of them to excel the other" is equal?
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Then I checked a different English translation of the same section of 33:35, which says NOTHING of the sort. It just lists the qualities of good Muslims in a format: Men and women [having X quality or doing Y thing which is halal] and they will get Paradise. (I'm paraphrasing, but here is an example, "...the men and women who are truthful, the men and the women who are patient...") No where does this English translation say that women are able to control themselves.