When Surat an-Nur came down, they took the curtains, tore them and made head covers (veils) of them.
وَقَالَتْ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ النُّورِ عَمَدْنَ إِلَى حُجُورٍ أَوْ حُجُوزٍ شَكَّ أَبُو كَامِلٍ فَشَقَقْنَهُنَّ فَاتَّخَذْنَهُ خُمُرًا
When Surat an-Nur came down, they took the curtains, tore them and made head covers (veils) of them.
وَقَالَتْ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ النُّورِ عَمَدْنَ إِلَى حُجُورٍ أَوْ حُجُوزٍ شَكَّ أَبُو كَامِلٍ فَشَقَقْنَهُنَّ فَاتَّخَذْنَهُ خُمُرًا