Marriage is not simply a social institution. In Islam, it has an importance far more significant than this. According to the Islamic concept of life, God Almighty created an ideal world, Paradise. Paradise is a perfect and eternal world. God wants to select those women and men who may qualify to settle in this highly refined colony of Paradise. So God created men and women for this selection or test and settled them on Earth.

In developing our personality, the most important thing for us is broadening our minds by awakening our consciousness. To awaken our consciousness, we require studying, observing, and intellectual exchange with other people. Books are the most significant source of knowledge we can study that we have, the world of nature is the most significant source of knowledge that we can observe, and in the matter of intellectual learning, it is essential for us to form the habit of learning from others, and continue in this learning process. A spouse is an immediate intellectual partner. From this point of view, marriage is an excellent opportunity for intellectual development, as both people can interact with each other and make intellectual progress together. Intellectual development is essential for everyone. Marriage offers just such an ideal opportunity for intellectual partnership.