Surah An-Nur, ayah 31
وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَـٰرِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّـٰبِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُو۟لِى ٱلْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ أَوِ ٱلطِّفْلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰ عَوْرَٰتِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ وَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof 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, 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.
Word by word
- وَقُلwaqulAnd say
- لِّلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِlil'mu'minātito the believing women
- يَغْضُضْنَyaghḍuḍ'na(that) they should lower
- مِنْmin[of]
- أَبْصَـٰرِهِنَّabṣārihinnatheir gaze
- وَيَحْفَظْنَwayaḥfaẓnaand they should guard
- فُرُوجَهُنَّfurūjahunnatheir chastity
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يُبْدِينَyub'dīna(to) display
- زِينَتَهُنَّzīnatahunnatheir adornment
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَاmāwhat
- ظَهَرَẓaharais apparent
- مِنْهَا ۖmin'hāof it
- وَلْيَضْرِبْنَwalyaḍrib'naAnd let them draw
- بِخُمُرِهِنَّbikhumurihinnatheir head covers
- عَلَىٰʿalāover
- جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖjuyūbihinnatheir bosoms
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يُبْدِينَyub'dīna(to) display
- زِينَتَهُنَّzīnatahunnatheir adornment
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّlibuʿūlatihinnato their husbands
- أَوْawor
- ءَابَآئِهِنَّābāihinnatheir fathers
- أَوْawor
- ءَابَآءِābāifathers
- بُعُولَتِهِنَّbuʿūlatihinna(of) their husbands
- أَوْawor
- أَبْنَآئِهِنَّabnāihinnatheir sons
- أَوْawor
- أَبْنَآءِabnāisons
- بُعُولَتِهِنَّbuʿūlatihinna(of) their husbands
- أَوْawor
- إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّikh'wānihinnatheir brothers
- أَوْawor
- بَنِىٓbanīsons
- إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّikh'wānihinna(of) their brothers
- أَوْawor
- بَنِىٓbanīsons
- أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّakhawātihinna(of) their sisters
- أَوْawor
- نِسَآئِهِنَّnisāihinnatheir women
- أَوْawor
- مَاmāwhat
- مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess
- أَيْمَـٰنُهُنَّaymānuhunnatheir right hands
- أَوِawior
- ٱلتَّـٰبِعِينَl-tābiʿīnathe attendants
- غَيْرِghayrihaving no physical desire
- أُو۟لِىulīhaving no physical desire
- ٱلْإِرْبَةِl-ir'batihaving no physical desire
- مِنَminaamong
- ٱلرِّجَالِl-rijāli[the] men
- أَوِawior
- ٱلطِّفْلِl-ṭif'li[the] children
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- لَمْlam(are) not
- يَظْهَرُوا۟yaẓharūaware
- عَلَىٰʿalāof
- عَوْرَٰتِʿawrātiprivate aspects
- ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۖl-nisāi(of) the women
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- يَضْرِبْنَyaḍrib'nalet them stamp
- بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّbi-arjulihinnatheir feet
- لِيُعْلَمَliyuʿ'lamato make known
- مَاmāwhat
- يُخْفِينَyukh'fīnathey conceal
- مِنminof
- زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚzīnatihinnatheir adornment
- وَتُوبُوٓا۟watūbūAnd turn
- إِلَىilāto
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- جَمِيعًاjamīʿanaltogether
- أَيُّهَayyuhaO believers
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnaO believers
- لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumSo that you may
- تُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūnasucceed
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