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30. Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty:
that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they
do.
31. Waqul lilmu/minati yaghdudna min absarihinna wayahfa
th
na furoojahunna wala
yubdeena zeenatahunna illa ma
th
ahara minha walyadribna bikhumurihinna AAala
juyoobihinna wala yubdeena zeenatahunna illa libuAAoolatihinna aw aba-ihinna aw aba-
i buAAoolatihinna aw abna-ihinna aw abna-i buAAoolatihinna aw ikhwanihinna aw
banee ikhwanihinna aw banee akhawatihinna aw nisa-ihinna aw ma malakat
aymanuhunna awi a
l
ttabiAAeena ghayri olee al-irbati mina a
l
rrijali awi a
l
ttifli allatheena
lam ya
th
haroo AAala AAawrati a
l
nnisa-i wala yadribna bi-arjulihinna liyuAAlama ma
yukhfeena min zeenatihinna watooboo ila Allahi jameeAAan ayyuha almu/minoona
laAAallakum tuflihoon
a
31. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their
modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must
ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not
display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their
sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or
their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of
physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they
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