"I think being a woman, by itself, the very fact that you are a woman is a gift of God which all of us must appreciate. The origin of a child is a mother and is a woman. And the woman is the one who shares the love and shows the man what love, caring and sharing is all about. That is the essence of being a woman."
That was the answer of Miss India that crowned her as the 1994 Miss Universe. The question was "What is the essence of being a woman?"
If I were to answer that question, the essence of being a woman to me is being a mother. There is no school or academy to teach you to be a good mother or a good wife. It doesn't come with a training manual as well. Come to think of it, we were being raised by our mothers the way their mother raised them. So being a mother is a deep calling. It's not about just being a woman, it's about having compassion, being extraordinarily present and having unconditional love.
Women are no doubt the gift of Allah and the first woman as a gift Allah gave to Hazrat Adam and from there afterwards human race are started.