Women in the Holy Qur'an in the Tafsirs of al-Tahrani and al-Shirazi

Abstract

It seeks to explain where women’s issues appear in the Qur’an and how the commentators have compared them. From here, the research will attempt to answer a set of questions, the first of which is a main question: What are the most prominent women’s issues in the Holy Qur’an? It is noted that the issue of women is a subject of interest in the modern era. Sometimes we find arguments for equality, sometimes we find strange and strange calls for women, and sometimes we level accusations against the Holy Qur’an that it has not done justice to women. The research tried to focus on the most prominent points that concern women, whichh were mentioned in the Qur’an, and then focus on the interpretations of Al-Tahrani and Al-Shirazi on these issues. The research centered on the issue of guardianship and the most prominent women’s rights that were mentioned in the Qur’an. The research included an introduction and two sections to discuss this. The two commentators emphasized that women are creatures with vastly different abilities than men. However, they emphasized that God has achieved justice for both parties, granting them the right to determine their own destiny, a right that had been denied them since the dawn of history. The West has long viewed the dowry as a pretext for blaming Islamic law, viewing it as money given in return for the girl's family, overlooking the fact that this was the reality of the people of the Earth before the dawn of Islam. Al-Shirazi emphasized that the dowry was created to give legitimacy and seriousness to the relationship between the two parties. He added, citing the Holy Quran, when it states: "And give the women their dowries as an offering," meaning, give them their dowries with their own hands, not with the hands of their fathers and brothers. These are your gifts to them. Here, the word "sadaqah" (with a damma on the dāl) is derived from the root word "sidq" (truth) to indicate the sincerity of the relationship with the wife.