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An-Nur 31

Ayah 31 of 64 · Medinan

وَقُل لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ يَغۡضُضۡنَ مِنۡ أَبۡصَٰرِهِنَّ وَيَحۡفَظۡنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبۡدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنۡهَاۖ وَلۡيَضۡرِبۡنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّۖ وَلَا يُبۡدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ أَوۡ ءَابَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ أَبۡنَآئِهِنَّ أَوۡ أَبۡنَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوۡ بَنِيٓ إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوۡ بَنِيٓ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ أَوۡ نِسَآئِهِنَّ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّٰبِعِينَ غَيۡرِ أُوْلِي ٱلۡإِرۡبَةِ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ أَوِ ٱلطِّفۡلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يَظۡهَرُواْ عَلَىٰ عَوۡرَٰتِ ٱلنِّسَآءِۖ وَلَا يَضۡرِبۡنَ بِأَرۡجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعۡلَمَ مَا يُخۡفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّۚ وَتُوبُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ٣١

And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision1 and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment2 except that which [necessarily] appears thereof3 and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment [i.e., beauty] except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess [i.e., slaves], or those male attendants having no physical desire,4 or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allāh in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Looking only at what is lawful and averting their eyes from what is unlawful.

2 Both natural beauty, such as hair or body shape, and that with which a woman beautifies herself of clothing, jewelry, etc.

3 i.e., the outer garments or whatever might appear out of necessity, such as a part of the face or the hands.

4 Referring to an abnormal condition in which a man is devoid of sexual feeling.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقُلAnd saywaqul
  2. لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِto the believing womenlil'mu'mināti
  3. يَغۡضُضۡنَ(that) they should loweryaghḍuḍ'na
  4. مِنۡ[of]min
  5. أَبۡصَٰرِهِنَّtheir gazeabṣārihinna
  6. وَيَحۡفَظۡنَand they should guardwayaḥfaẓna
  7. فُرُوجَهُنَّtheir chastityfurūjahunna
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. يُبۡدِينَ(to) displayyub'dīna
  10. زِينَتَهُنَّtheir adornmentzīnatahunna
  11. إِلَّاexceptillā
  12. مَاwhatmā
  13. ظَهَرَis apparentẓahara
  14. مِنۡهَاۖof itmin'hā
  15. وَلۡيَضۡرِبۡنَAnd let them drawwalyaḍrib'na
  16. بِخُمُرِهِنَّtheir head coversbikhumurihinna
  17. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  18. جُيُوبِهِنَّۖtheir bosomsjuyūbihinna
  19. وَلَاand notwalā
  20. يُبۡدِينَ(to) displayyub'dīna
  21. زِينَتَهُنَّtheir adornmentzīnatahunna
  22. إِلَّاexceptillā
  23. لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّto their husbandslibuʿūlatihinna
  24. أَوۡoraw
  25. ءَابَآئِهِنَّtheir fathersābāihinna
  26. أَوۡoraw
  27. ءَابَآءِfathersābāi
  28. بُعُولَتِهِنَّ(of) their husbandsbuʿūlatihinna
  29. أَوۡoraw
  30. أَبۡنَآئِهِنَّtheir sonsabnāihinna
  31. أَوۡoraw
  32. أَبۡنَآءِsonsabnāi
  33. بُعُولَتِهِنَّ(of) their husbandsbuʿūlatihinna
  34. أَوۡoraw
  35. إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّtheir brothersikh'wānihinna
  36. أَوۡoraw
  37. بَنِيٓsonsbanī
  38. إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّ(of) their brothersikh'wānihinna
  39. أَوۡoraw
  40. بَنِيٓsonsbanī
  41. أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ(of) their sistersakhawātihinna
  42. أَوۡoraw
  43. نِسَآئِهِنَّtheir womennisāihinna
  44. أَوۡoraw
  45. مَاwhatmā
  46. مَلَكَتۡpossessmalakat
  47. أَيۡمَٰنُهُنَّtheir right handsaymānuhunna
  48. أَوِorawi
  49. ٱلتَّٰبِعِينَthe attendantsl-tābiʿīna
  50. غَيۡرِhaving no physical desireghayri
  51. أُوْلِيhaving no physical desireulī
  52. ٱلۡإِرۡبَةِhaving no physical desirel-ir'bati
  53. مِنَamongmina
  54. ٱلرِّجَالِ[the] menl-rijāli
  55. أَوِorawi
  56. ٱلطِّفۡلِ[the] childrenl-ṭif'li
  57. ٱلَّذِينَwhoalladhīna
  58. لَمۡ(are) notlam
  59. يَظۡهَرُواْawareyaẓharū
  60. عَلَىٰofʿalā
  61. عَوۡرَٰتِprivate aspectsʿawrāti
  62. ٱلنِّسَآءِۖ(of) the womenl-nisāi
  63. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  64. يَضۡرِبۡنَlet them stampyaḍrib'na
  65. بِأَرۡجُلِهِنَّtheir feetbi-arjulihinna
  66. لِيُعۡلَمَto make knownliyuʿ'lama
  67. مَاwhatmā
  68. يُخۡفِينَthey concealyukh'fīna
  69. مِنofmin
  70. زِينَتِهِنَّۚtheir adornmentzīnatihinna
  71. وَتُوبُوٓاْAnd turnwatūbū
  72. إِلَىtoilā
  73. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  74. جَمِيعًاaltogetherjamīʿan
  75. أَيُّهَO believersayyuha
  76. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَO believersl-mu'minūna
  77. لَعَلَّكُمۡSo that you maylaʿallakum
  78. تُفۡلِحُونَsucceedtuf'liḥūna

Tafsir

And tell the believing women to stop their eyes from looking at the private parts Allah has made unlawful for them to look at and to protect their private parts by staying far from indecency and by covering themselves. And they should not display their beauty to strangers except that which is apparent thereof and which cannot be hidden, such as clothing. They should draw their coverings over the openings at the top of their clothes, to cover their hair, faces and necks, and they should not expose their hidden beauty except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husbands’ fathers, or their sons, or their husbands’ sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women who are believers, be they Muslim or disbelievers, or the servants they own, be they male or female, or male attendants who have no desire for women, or children who have not become aware of the private aspects of women due to their being small. And women should not strike their feet with the intention of making known the adornment they are hiding, such as anklets and so forth. And all of you repent to Allah, O believers, for the gaze and so forth which affects you, in the hope that you are successful in attaining the goal and are saved from what is feared.

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