33. Sūrat al-Aḥzāb

٣٣۔ سُورَةُ الأحزَاب

33.17 Commandment of Hijāb (dress code) for women.

٣٣۔١٧ مقطع في سُورَةُ الأحزَاب

quran:33:59

O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves ˹part˺ of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.  

O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks closely over themselves (jalābīb is the plural of jilbāb, which is a wrap that covers a woman totally) — in other words, let them pull part of it ˹also˺ over their faces, leaving one eye ˹visible˺, when they need to leave ˹the house˺ for something. That makes it likelier that they will be known, to be free women, and not be molested, by being approached. In contrast, slavegirls did not use to cover their faces and so the disbelievers used to pester them. And God is Forgiving, of any occasion in the past when they may have neglected to cover themselves, Merciful, to them in His veiling them.
القرآن:٣٣:٥٩

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ جَلَابِيبِهِنَّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰ أَنْ يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا  

{يا أيها النبي قل لأزواجك وبناتك ونساء المؤمنين يدنين عليهن من جلابيبهن} جمع جلباب وهي الملاءة التي تشتمل بها المرأة، أي يرخين بعضها على الوجوه إذا خرجن لحاجتهن إلا عينا واحدة {ذلك أدنى} أقرب إلى {أن يعرفن} بأنهن حرائر {فلا يؤذين} بالتعرض لهن بخلاف الإماء فلا يغطين وجوههن، فكان المنافقون يتعرضون لهم {وكان الله غفورا} لما سلف منهن من ترك الستر {رحيما} بهن إذ سترهن.