The equality between male and female

The Basic equality between male and female is confirmed in Surat an-Nahl: "Anyone who acts rightly, whether male or female, being a believer, we will give then a good life and we will recompense them according to the best of what they did" (16:97)

Another ayat, "Anyone who acts rightly, whether male or female, being a believer, will enter the Garden, provided for in it without any reckoning" (40:40)

Book: Muhammad al-Ghazali, Aisha Bewley translated, Journey thought the Qur'an: Themes and Messages of the Holy Qur'an(Norwich: Redwood Books, 1998), p.17.