Deductions from the Above

 

Many results have become clear from what is stated above; among them are:

 

1. From the examples provided by Allah, it has become clear that the environment and the surroundings do not make up one’s personality although they may sometimes have an influence on him, in the absence of an aware supervision, when man surrenders to submission and bondage.

There is no room, then, for anyone to say that the personality of al-Zahra’ (A.S.) is the outcome of the environment and the surroundings wherein she lived, and we will never accept anyone’s statement that had she (A.S.) lived in other surroundings, i.e. corrupt ones, she, too, would have lived the realities of her corrupt environment.

 

2. Maryam faced the pressures of the deviated environment surrounding her regarding the most sensitive and serious issue relevant to her without having any known means to defend herself except her pure conviction and great trust in Allah, the most Exalted One. Asiya daughter of Muzahim moved around in the depth of the den of deviation and apostasy, in the midst of its surroundings, facing the most powerful of men, the one with the most means of oppression, enticement, challenge, injustice, iniquity and arrogance. Both these examples prove that there is no room to justify the deviation resulting from the pressures of the environment and the surroundings or the authority, nor to succumbing to the will of the husband, etc.

 

3. All the above has made it clear that a woman, as well as a man, possesses a real power and strength to determine the final decision regarding any issue. This stands on the same level with the Divine call, and it can reach the highest degrees that qualify her to the most sublime status within the scope of dignity and divine care.