 Sometimes a person wonders why would the Holy Prophet, peace be upon his family, single out four women or say four women are greater than others? Because I've heard many times in our communities people saying why do we make a distinction who's greater than who? These are all great personalities who gave different sacrifices towards the growth of the religion of Islam or in their different ways showed wonderful submission towards their Lord. So what's the point of us for example discussing or saying one's greater than the other or as you said the title of tonight's discussion the greatest woman in Islam? I think if you look within the Holy Quran you'll find that Allah SWT does not shy away from making it clear that there were many great prophets but there's one who stands out from all of them. There are many great prophets but they're not the same as the messengers. There are many great messengers but they're not the same as the arch messengers the Ul Al-Azam. If you look in the Quran the word tafzeel or fadalna for example Allah SWT says in the Quran we have given honor and made to excel some prophets ahead of others. I don't think there's a single Muslim in the world who will deny that there are some prophets who are seen as being higher than others and Allah SWT does not say anything except that there is a wisdom behind it otherwise Allah SWT why do you need to tell me that for example Ibrahim and Musa, Isa, Nooh and Rasulullah SAW why do you need to tell me they're greater than everybody else? They're all great prophets but Allah says no fadalna ba'zun nabiyin an ba'z that we have given excellence to some of our prophets ahead of others some of our messengers ahead of others even the holy prophet Muhammad SAW is higher than the rest of the Ul Al-Azam the rest of the Ul Al-Azam are all of the muslimin but the holy prophet is Awwal al-Muslimin the first two have submitted to Allah SWT Allah talks about the rest he says they are all of those who submitted but the first two have submitted is the holy prophet peace be upon his family