177 Ayahs that refer to Women

This is a compilation of all the verses in Quran that have the word "women" in them.
Translation by M. Shakir

Please note: These are all verses taken OUT OF CONTEXT from the Quran for 
_reference purposes_ only. You cannot get a full picture and true view of 
women in Islam from just reading these verses. To fully understand the 
issues involved one must look into the contexts, tafsir (commentaries),
original lexical arabic, sunnah and hadith (traditions of the prophet saw),
ask scholars, etc, which are all integral to understanding these verses. 
An explanation of the methodology of this and an 
 excellent overview of women in Islam can be found 
here. 

From 002.TheCow

49. And when We delivered you from Firon's people, who subjected
you to severe torment, killing your sons and sparing your women,
and in this there was a great trial from your Lord.

221. And do not marry the idolatresses until they believe, and
certainly a believing maid is better than an idolatress woman,
even though she should please you; and do not give (believing
women) in marriage to idolaters until they believe, and certainly
a believing servant is better than an idolater, even though he
should please you; these invite to the fire, and Allah invites to
the garden and to forgiveness by His will, and makes clear His
communications to men, that they may be mindful.

222. And they ask you about menstruation. Say: It is a
discomfort; therefore keep aloof from the women during the
menstrual discharge and do not go near them until they have
become clean; then when they have cleansed themselves, go in to
them as Allah has commanded you; surely Allah loves those who
turn much (to Him), and He loves those who purify themselves.

228. And the divorced women should keep themselves in waiting for
three courses; and it is not lawful for them that they should
conceal what Allah has created in their wombs, if they believe in
Allah and the last day; and their husbands have a better right to
take them back in the meanwhile if they wish for reconciliation;
and they have rights similar to those against them in a just
manner, and the men are a degree above them, and Allah is Mighty,
Wise.

231. And when you divorce women and they reach their prescribed
time, then either retain them in good fellowship or set them free
with liberality, and do not retain them for injury, so that you
exceed the limits, and whoever does this, he indeed is unjust to
his own soul; and do not take Allah's communications
for a mockery, and remember the favor of Allah upon you, and
that which He has revealed to you of the Book and the Wisdom,
admonishing you thereby; and be careful (of your duty to) Allah,
and know that Allah is the Knower of all things.

232. And when you have divorced women and they have ended-- their
term (of waiting), then do not prevent them from marrying their
husbands when they agree among themselves in a lawful manner;
with this is admonished he among you who believes in Allah and
the last day, this is more profitable and purer for you; and
Allah knows while you do not know.

235. And there is no blame on you respecting that which you speak
indirectly in the asking of (such) women in marriage or keep (the
proposal) concealed within your minds; Allah knows that you win
mention them, but do not give them a promise in secret unless you
speak in a lawful manner, and do not confirm the marriage tie
until the writing is fulfilled, and know that Allah knows what is
in your minds, therefore beware of Him, and know that Allah is
Forgiving, Forbearing.

236. There is no blame on you if you divorce women when you have
not touched them or appointed for them a portion, and make
provision for them, the wealthy according to his means and the
straitened in circumstances according to his means, a provision
according to usage; (this is) a duty on the doers of good (to
others).

241. And for the divorced women (too) provision (must be made)
according to usage; (this is) a duty on those who guard (against
evil).

282. O you who believe! when you deal with each other in
contracting a debt for a fixed time, then write it down; and let a
scribe write it down between you with fairness; and the scribe
should not refuse to write as Allah has taught him, so he should
write; and let him who owes the debt dictate, and he should be
careful of (his duty to) Allah, his Lord, and not diminish anything
from it; but if he who owes the debt is unsound in understanding,
or weak, or (if) he is not able to dictate himself, let his
guardian dictate with fairness; and call in to witness from among
your men two witnesses; but if there are not two men, then one
man and two women from among those whom you choose to be
witnesses, so that if one of the two errs, the second of the two
may remind the other; and the witnesses should not refuse when
they are summoned; and be not averse to writing it (whether it is)
small or large, with the time of its falling due; this is more
equitable in the sight of Allah and assures greater accuracy in
testimony, and the nearest (way) that you may not entertain
doubts (afterwards), except when it is ready merchandise which
you give and take among yourselves from hand to hand, then
there is no blame on you in not writing it down; and have
witnesses when you barter with one another, and let no harm be
done to the scribe or to the witness; and if you do (it) then surely
it will be a transgression in you, and be careful of (your duty) to
Allah, Allah teaches you, and Allah knows all things.

From 003.TheFamilyofImran:

14. The love of desires, of women and sons and hoarded
treasures of gold and silver and well bred horses and cattle and
tilth, is made to seem fair to men; this is the provision of the life
of this world; and Allah is He with Whom is the good goal (of
life).

41. He said: My Lord! appoint a sign for me. Said He: Your sign
is that you should not speak to men for three days except by
signs; and remember your Lord much and glorify Him in the evening
and the morning. f42. And when the angels said: O Marium! surely Allah has
chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women
of of the world.

61. But whoever disputes with you in this matter after what
has come to you of knowledge, then say: Come let us call our
sons and your sons and our women and your women and our
near people and your near people, then let us be earnest in
prayer, and pray for the curse of Allah on the liars.

From 004.Women:

   O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created
you from a single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and
spread from these two, many men and women; and be careful of
(your duty to) Allah, by Whom you demand one of another (your
rights), and (to) the ties of relationship; surely Allah ever watches
over you.

   And if you fear that you cannot act equitably towards
orphans, then marry such women as seem good to you, two and
three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice
(between them), then (marry) only one or what your right hands
possess; this is more proper, that you may not deviate from the
right course.

   And give women their dowries as a free gift, but if they of
themselves be pleased to give up to you a portion of it, then eat it
with enjoyment and with wholesome result.

   Men shall have a portion of what the parents and the near
relatives leave, and women shall have a portion of what the
parents and the near relatives leave, whether there is little or
much of it; a stated portion.

   And as for those who are guilty of an indecency from
among your women, call to witnesses against them four (witnesses)
from among you; then if they bear witness confine them
to the houses until death takes them away or Allah opens some
way for them.

   O you who believe! it is not lawful for you that you should
take women as heritage against (their) will, and do not straiten
them m order that you may take part of what you have given
them, unless they are guilty of manifest indecency, and treat
them kindly; then if you hate them, it may be that you dislike a
thing while Allah has placed abundant good in it.

   And all married women except those whom your right
hands possess (this is) Allah's ordinance to you, and lawful for
you are (all women) besides those, provided that you seek (them)
with your property, taking (them) in marriage not committing
fornication. Then as to those whom you profit by, give them
their dowries as appointed; and there is no blame on you about
what you mutually agree after what is appointed; surely Allah is
Knowing, Wise.

   And whoever among you has not within his power ampleness
of means to marry free believing women, then (he may
marry) of those whom your right hands possess from among
your believing maidens; and Allah knows best your faith: you
are (sprung) the one from the other; so marry them with the
permission of their masters, and give them their dowries justly,
they being chaste, not fornicating, nor receiving paramours; and
when they are taken in marriage, then if they are guilty of indecency,
they shall suffer half the punishment which is (inflicted)
upon free women. This is for him among you who fears falling
into evil; and that you abstain is better for you, and Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.

   And do not covet that by which Allah has made some of
you excel others; men shall have the benefit of what they earn
and women shall have the benefit of what they earn; and ask
Allah of His grace; surely Allah knows all things.

   Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has
made some of them to excel others and because they spend out
of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding
the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose
part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in
the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not
seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.

   O you who believe! do not go near prayer when you are
Intoxicated until you know (well) what you say, nor when you are
under an obligation to perform a bath-- unless (you are) travelling
on the road-- until you have washed yourselves; and if you
are sick, or on a journey, or one of you come from the privy or you
have touched the women, and you cannot find water, betake
yourselves to pure earth, then wipe your faces and your hands;
surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.

   And what reason have you that you should not fight in the
way of Allah and of the weak among the men and the women
and the children, (of) those who say: Our Lord! cause us to go
forth from this town, whose people are oppressors, and give us
from Thee a guardian and give us from Thee a helper.

   And they ask you a decision about women. Say: Allah
makes known to you His decision concerning them, and that
which is recited to you in the Book concerning female orphans
whom you do not give what is appointed for them while you desire
to marry them, and concerning the weak among children, and
that you should deal towards orphans with equity; and whatever
good you do, Allah surely knows it.

   They ask you for a decision of the law. Say: Allah gives
you a decision concerning the person who has neither parents nor
offspring; if a man dies (and) he has no son and he has a sister, she
shall have half of what he leaves, and he shall be her heir she has
no son; but if there be two (sisters), they shall have two-thirds of
what he leaves; and if there are brethren, men and women, then
the male shall have the like of the portion of two females; Allah
makes clear to you, lest you err; and Allah knows all things.

From 005.TheFood:

5. This day (all) the good things are allowed to you; and the
food of those who have been given the Book is lawful for you
and your food is lawful for them; and the chaste from among the
believing women and the chaste from among those who have
been given the Book before you (are lawful for you); when you
have given them their dowries, taking (them) in marriage, not
fornicating nor taking them for paramours in secret; and whoever
denies faith, his work indeed is of no account, and in the
hereafter he shall be one of the losers.

6. O you who believe! when you rise up to prayer, wash your
faces and your hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your heads
and your feet to the ankles; and if you are under an obligation to
perform a total ablution, then wash (yourselves) and if you are
sick or on a journey, or one of you come from the privy, or you
have touched the women, and you cannot find water, betake
yourselves to pure earth and wipe your faces and your hands
therewith, Allah does not desire to put on you any difficulty, but
He wishes to purify you and that He may complete His favor on
you, so that you may be grateful.

From 007.TheElevatedPlaces:

127. And the chiefs of Firon's people said: Do you leave
Musa and his people to make mischief in the land and to forsake
you and your gods? He said: We will slay their sons and spare
their women, and surely we are masters over them.

141. And when We delivered you from Firon's people who
subJected you to severe torment, killing your sons and sparing
your women, and in this there was a great trial from your Lord.

From 009.Repentance:

67. The hypocritical men and the hypocritical women are all
alike; they enjoin evil and forbid good and withhold their hands;
they have forsaken Allah, so He has forsaken them; surely the
hypocrites are the transgressors.

68. Allah has promised the hypocritical men and the hypocritical
women and the unbelievers the fire of hell to abide
therein; it is enough for them; and Allah has cursed them and
they shall have lasting punishment.

71. And (as for) the believing men and the believing women,
they are guardians of each other; they enjoin good and forbid
evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah
and His Apostle; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them;
surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.

72. Allah has promised to the believing men and the believing
women gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them,
and goodly dwellings in gardens of perpetual abode; and best of
all is Allah's goodly pleasure; that is the grand achievement.

From 012.Yusuf:

28. So when he saw his shirt rent from behind, he said:
Surely it is a guile of you women; surely your guile is
great:

30. And women in the city said: The chiefs wife seeks her
slave to yield himself (to her), surely he has affected her
deeply with (his) love; most surely we see her in manifest
error.

50. And the king said: Bring him to me. So when the
messenger came to him, he said: Go back to your lord and ask
him, what is the case of the women who cut their hands;
surely my Lord knows their guile.

From 014.Ibrahim:

6. And when Musa said to his people: Call to mind Allah's
favor to you when He delivered you from Firon's people, who
subjected you to severe torment, and slew your sons and
spared your women; and in this there was a great trial from
your Lord.

From 024.TheLight

4. And those who accuse free women then do not bring four
witnesses, flog them, (giving) eighty stripes, and do not
admit any evidence from them ever; and these it is that are
the transgressors,

12. Why did not the believing men and the believing women,
when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say:
This is an evident falsehood?

23. Surely those who accuse chaste believing women, unaware
(of the evil), are cursed in this world and the hereafter,
and they shall have a grievous chastisement.

26. Bad women are for bad men and bad men are for bad
women. Good women are for good men and good men are for good
women

31. And say to the believing women that they cast down their
looks and guard their private parts and do not display their
ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear
their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display
their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers,
or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons
of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers'
sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom
their right hands possess, or the male servants not having
need (of women), or the children who have not attained
knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not
strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments
may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so
that you may be successful.

60. And (as for) women advanced in years who do not hope for
a marriage, it is no sin for them if they put off their
clothes without displaying their ornaments; and if they
restrain themselves it is better for them; and Allah is
Hearing, Knowing.

From 027.TheAnt:

55. What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than
women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly.

From 028.TheNarrative:

4. Surely Firon exalted himself in the land and made its
people into parties, weakening one party from among them; he
slaughtered their sons and let their women live; surely he
was one of the mischiefmakers.

23. And when he came to the water of Madyan, he found on it
a group of men watering, and he found besides them two women
keeping back (their flocks). He said: What is the matter
with you? They said: We cannot water until the shepherds
take away (their sheep) from the water, and our father is a
very old man.

25. Then one of the two women came to him walking bashfully.
She said: My father invites you that he may give you the
reward of your having watered for us. So when he came to him
and gave to him the account, he said: Fear not, you are
secure from the unjust people.

From 003.TheAllies:

32. O wives of the Prophet! you are not like any other of
the women; If you will be on your guard, then be not soft in
(your) speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease yearn;
and speak a good word.

35. Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and
the believing men and the believing women, and the obeying
men and the obeying women, and the truthful men and the
truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women
and the humble men and the humble women, and the almsgiving
men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the
fasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and
the women who guard, and the men who remember Allah much and
the women who remember-- Allah has prepared for them
forgiveness and a mighty reward.

49. O you who believe! when you marry the believing women,
then divorce them before you touch them, you have in their
case no term which you should reckon; so make some provision
for them and send them forth a goodly sending forth.

52. It is not allowed to you to take women afterwards, nor
that you should change them for other wives, though their
beauty be pleasing to you, except what your right hand
possesses and Allah is Watchful over all things.

55. There is no blame on them in respect of their fathers,
nor their brothers, nor their brothers' sons, nor their
sisters' sons nor their own women, nor of what their right
hands possess; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah;
surely Allah is a witness of all things.

58. And those who speak evil things of the believing men and
the believing women without their having earned (it), they
are guilty indeed of a false accusation and a manifest sin.

59. O Prophet! say to your wives and your daughters and the
women of the believers that they let down upon them their
over-garments; this will be more proper, that they may be
known, and thus they will not be given trouble; and Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.

73. So Allah will chastise the hypocritical men and the
hypocritical women and the polytheistic men and the
polytheistic women, and Allah will turn (mercifully) to the
believing women, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

From 040.TheBeliever:

25. So when he brought to them the truth from Us, they said:
Slay the sons of those who believe with him and keep their
women alive; and the struggle of the unbelievers will only
come to a state of perdition.

From 047.Muhammad:

19. So know that there is no god but Allah, and, ask
protection for your fault and for the believing men and the
believing women; and Allah knows the place of your returning
and the place of your abiding.

From 048.TheVictory:

5. That He may cause the believing men and the believing
women to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow to abide
therein and remove from them their evil; and that is a grand
achievement with Allah

6. And (that) He may punish the hypocritical men and the
hypocritical women, and the polytheistic men and the
polytheistic women, the entertainers of evil thoughts about
Allah. On them is the evil turn, and Allah is wroth with
them and has cursed them and prepared hell for them, and
evil is the resort.

25. It is they who disbelieved and turned you away from the
Sacred Mosque and (turned off) the offering withheld from
arriving at its destined place; and were it not for the
believing men and the believing women, whom, not having
known, you might have trodden down, and thus something
hateful might have afflicted you on their account without
knowledge-- so that Allah may cause to enter into His mercy
whomsoever He pleases; had they been widely separated one
from another, We would surely have punished those who
disbelieved from among them with a painful punishment.

From 057.TheIron:

12. On that day you will see the faithful men and the
faithful women-- their light running before them and on their
right hand-- good news for you today: gardens beneath which
rivers flow, to abide therein, that is the grand
achievement.

13. On the day when the hypocritical men and the
hypocritical women will say to those who believe: Wait for
us, that we may have light from your light; it shall be
said: Turn back and seek a light. Then separation would be
brought about between them, with a wall having a door in it;
(as for) the inside of it, there shall be mercy in it, and
(as for) the outside of it, before it there shall be
punishment.

18. Surely (as for) the charitable men and the charitable
women and (those who) set apart for Allah a goodly portion,
it shall be doubled for them and they shall have a noble
reward.

From 060.TheExaminedOne:

10. O you who believe! when believing women come to you
flying, then examine them; Allah knows best their faith;
then if you find them to be believing women, do not send
them back to the unbelievers, neither are these (women)
lawful for them, nor are those (men) lawful for them, and
give them what they have spent; and no blame attaches to you
in marrying them when you give them their dowries; and hold
not to the ties of marriage of unbelieving women, and ask
for what you have spent, and kt them ask for what they have
spent. That is Allah's judgment; He judges between you, and
Allah is Knowing, Wise.

12. O Prophet! when believing women come to you giving you a
pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and
will not steal, and will not commit fornication, and will
not kill their children, and will not bring a calumny which
they have forged of themselves, and will not disobey you in
what is good, accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness for
them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

From 065.TheDivorce:

   O Prophet! when you divorce women, divorce them for~
their prescribed time, and calculate the number of the days
prescribed, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, your
Lord. Do not drive them out of their houses, nor should they
themselves go forth, unless they commit an open indecency;
and these are the limits of Allah, and whoever goes beyond
the limits of Allah, he indeed does injustice to his own
soul. You do not know that Allah may after that bring about
reunion.

    »   And (as for) those of your women who have despaired of
menstruation, if you have a doubt, their prescribed time
shall be three months, and of those too who have not had
their courses; and (as for) the pregnant women, their
prescribed time is that they lay down their burden; and
whoever is careful of (his duty to) Allah He will make easy
for him his affair.

From 071.Nuh:

28. My Lord! forgive me and my parents and him who enters my
house believing, and the believing men and the believing
women; and do not increase the unjust in aught but
destruction!

From 085.TheMansionsOfTheStars:

10. Surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men
and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have
the chastisement of hell, and they shall have the
chastisement of burning.

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