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وَاذۡكُرۡ عَبۡدَنَاۤ اَيُّوۡبَۘ اِذۡ نَادٰى رَبَّهٗۤ اَنِّىۡ مَسَّنِىَ الشَّيۡطٰنُ بِنُصۡبٍ وَّعَذَابٍؕ ٤١ اُرۡكُضۡ بِرِجۡلِكَ ۚ هٰذَا مُغۡتَسَلٌ ۢ بَارِدٌ وَّشَرَابٌ ٤٢ وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهٗۤ اَهۡلَهٗ وَمِثۡلَهُمۡ مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكۡرٰى لِاُولِى الۡاَلۡبَابِ ٤٣ وَخُذۡ بِيَدِكَ ضِغۡثًا فَاضۡرِبْ بِّهٖ وَلَا تَحۡنَثۡؕ اِنَّا وَجَدۡنٰهُ صَابِرًا ؕ نِعۡمَ الۡعَبۡدُ ؕ اِنَّـهٗۤ اَوَّابٌ ٤٤
And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment." [So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for a] cool bath and drink." And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding. [We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath." Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].
[Al-Quran 38:41-44, Translation: Saheeh International]
Prophet Job (Ayub عليه السلام) cried out that Satan had touched him with hardship and torment.
We know from the story of Adam عليه السلام that Satan was the one who tempted Adam عليه السلام and his wife into disobeying Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى , and suffered as a consequence.
We also know from Genesis 3 that Satan fooled Adam عليه السلام 's wife who in turn ate the forbidden fruit as well as fed it to her husband.
We know from Job 2:9 that Satan used Job (Ayub عليه السلام) 's wife to tempt him to speak against the Lord.
The Quran doesn't mention the wives' fault, nor does it blame them. They did suffer the consequences, but The Quran places the responsibility on the one who was under the covenant.
In the ayaat quoted above, we find a reference to an oath. In the footnote of the translation, the translator writes:
At a point during his illness, Job became angry with his wife and swore that if he recovered, he would punish her with one hundred lashes. According to Allāh's instruction, the oath was fulfilled by striking her once with one hundred blades of grass.
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The longest ayat in The Quran is towards the end of the longest surah. The ayat (Q2:283) is about debts, payments that will be made later. It instructs writing down and taking two men as witnesses. If that is not possible, then one man and two women whom you accept as witnesses. The reason for this being:
... فَاِنۡ لَّمۡ يَكُوۡنَا رَجُلَيۡنِ فَرَجُلٌ وَّامۡرَاَتٰنِ مِمَّنۡ تَرۡضَوۡنَ مِنَ الشُّهَدَآءِ اَنۡ تَضِلَّ اِحۡدٰٮهُمَا فَتُذَكِّرَ اِحۡدٰٮهُمَا الۡاُخۡرٰىؕ ...
.... And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses - so that if one of them [i.e., the women] errs, then the other can remind her. ...
[Al-Quran 2:283, Translation: Saheeh International]
Satan is a manifest, misleading enemy who is constantly trying to harm Adam and his family. Apparently, it is easier for women to be misled, a similarity we find in the trials of Adam and Job, where he works through the wives to harm the husbands.
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Also read:
Affliction, Cure, and The Roman Cult
The Devils among The Angels & The Khilafat of Adam
Adversity: Fatigue and Torment
Adam's Fall in Genesis 3 in the light of The Quran
The Covenant & Its Ratification
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