The Status of Women in the Old Ages and in the Age of Islam A Qur’anic Perspective Study

This study includes an introduction, three sections, and a conclusion. The researcher tackles the importance of the topic in the introduction. The first section covers the issue of women in terms of creation and the aim of making successors on the earth. This section reveals the role of the first woman, i.e. Eve in reviving the earth and being a successor thereon. In the second section, the researcher touches upon the issues of women‟s status in the old ages particularly in the eras of Romans, Greeks, Indians, Jews, Christians, and pre-Islam Arabs. The third section tackles the status of women in Islam from a Qur‟anic perspective showing their roles as mothers, wives, or daughters. The conclusion of the research contains the findings and recommendations.