The Qur’an engages the Islamic people into the development of cultural beliefs and laws. In the article Shared Stories, Rival Telling’s, Gregg develops the comparison of Sarah and Hagar’s story throughout a variety of religions. Also, Gregg calls into question the Qur’an legality in the story of Sarah and Hagar. Sarah and Hagar’s story represents the Muslim woman in a manner legally correct according to the Qur’an where both woman were wives of Abram, neither were left without any inheritance and security and ultimately display an aspect of Muslim woman and their role in society in a very pressing way. Hagar and Sarah’s story shows what the legal norms regarding woman were like and how these women went about living lives.
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Although Hagar bears Abram’s first-born son, Sarah was in fact his first wife. The emphasis society had implemented upon first born sons was vast and therefore was why there Abram was so concerned about having someone to continue his prophecy, thus has Ishmael. Sarah’s son Isaac was an additionally player and although there were no legal actions against having two sons with two separate wives, it brought up the question of who develops the correct inheritance. Christians teach that “Sarah did not produce her ‘naturally’” (Gregg 132) which therefore made Isaac a promise from the divine. Abram was able to give both his wives lives to live. The Qur’an blatantly states “You will never be able to treated your wives with equal fairness…” (Qur’an 63) which both could claim that the other was in the wrong. Abram was under no obligation to like both legally thus why both woman was so caught up in the other’s wrongdoings and who would be Abram’s heir. There was a law implemented in pursuit to allow men to have multiple wives and like one more than the others, thus why Abram’s actions were not in any way legally wrong. This law also met that the woman had to subdue to it, thus belittling these women and making them beneath …show more content…
Both woman had very different roles but experienced very interesting situations in which they needed to make choices. The legal norms at the time were never defied and never broken. Abram did not marry someone that the Qur’an forbid nor did he ever leave them to live on their own. Although there was major discretion throughout Christianity, Islam and Judaism as to how the heir came about ultimately the decision was made, again giving a glimpse into Muslim life for woman and how no legal norms were actually broken. Overall, the story of Hagar and Sarah shows the way Muslim woman were to act out legal norms told in the
The story of Sarah …show more content…
Although Hagar bears Abram’s first-born son, Sarah was in fact his first wife. The emphasis society had implemented upon first born sons was vast and therefore was why there Abram was so concerned about having someone to continue his prophecy, thus has Ishmael. Sarah’s son Isaac was an additionally player and although there were no legal actions against having two sons with two separate wives, it brought up the question of who develops the correct inheritance. Christians teach that “Sarah did not produce her ‘naturally’” (Gregg 132) which therefore made Isaac a promise from the divine. Abram was able to give both his wives lives to live. The Qur’an blatantly states “You will never be able to treated your wives with equal fairness…” (Qur’an 63) which both could claim that the other was in the wrong. Abram was under no obligation to like both legally thus why both woman was so caught up in the other’s wrongdoings and who would be Abram’s heir. There was a law implemented in pursuit to allow men to have multiple wives and like one more than the others, thus why Abram’s actions were not in any way legally wrong. This law also met that the woman had to subdue to it, thus belittling these women and making them beneath …show more content…
Both woman had very different roles but experienced very interesting situations in which they needed to make choices. The legal norms at the time were never defied and never broken. Abram did not marry someone that the Qur’an forbid nor did he ever leave them to live on their own. Although there was major discretion throughout Christianity, Islam and Judaism as to how the heir came about ultimately the decision was made, again giving a glimpse into Muslim life for woman and how no legal norms were actually broken. Overall, the story of Hagar and Sarah shows the way Muslim woman were to act out legal norms told in the