ABSTRACT
And of His signs is that He created for you, of yourselves, spouses, that you might repose in them, and He has set between you love and mercy.236
As for duty, this refers to the fact that husband and wife have to work together to build a life. In this sense, duty both preserves and enhances the emotional ties that exist between them and which enable them to carry out their duty willingly. It is both duty and feelings that keep desire alive for the duration of the marriage and yield a number of advantages. The duty is placed on both spouses as is set forth in the verse: ‘Women have such honourable rights as obligations’.237
