An-Nur 24:31 وقل للمومنات يغضضن من ابصارهن ويحفظن فروجهن ولا يبدين زينتهن الا ما ظهر منها وليضربن بخمرهن على جيوبهن ولا يبدين زينتهن الا لبعولتهن او ابايهن او اباء بعولتهن او ابنايهن او ابناء بعولتهن او اخوانهن او بني اخوانهن او بني اخواتهن او نسايهن او ما ملكت ايمانهن او التابعين غير اولي الاربة من الرجال او الطفل الذين لم يظهروا على عورات النساء ولا يضربن بارجلهن ليعلم ما يخفين من زينتهن وتوبوا الى الله جميعا ايه المومنون لعلكم تفلحون ٣١
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 lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent (like both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves, head-cover, apron, etc.), and to draw their veils all over Juyûbihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband’s fathers, or their sons, or their husband’s sons, or their brothers or their brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islâm), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of feminine sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allâh to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful.1
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