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Qur’an 24:31 An-Nur, verse 31
وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَٰرِهِنَّ 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 أَيْمَٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّٰبِعِينَ 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 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, 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 Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
- Surah
- An-Nur (24)
- Verse
- 31 of 64
- Revealed
- Madani
- Juz
- 18
- Mushaf page
- 353
Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| وَقُل | waqul | And say |
| لِّلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ | lil'mu'mināti | to the believing women |
| يَغْضُضْنَ | yaghḍuḍ'na | (that) they should lower |
| مِنْ | min | [of] |
| أَبْصَـٰرِهِنَّ | abṣārihinna | their gaze |
| وَيَحْفَظْنَ | wayaḥfaẓna | and they should guard |
| فُرُوجَهُنَّ | furūjahunna | their chastity |
| وَلَا | walā | and not |
| يُبْدِينَ | yub'dīna | (to) display |
| زِينَتَهُنَّ | zīnatahunna | their adornment |
| إِلَّا | illā | except |
| مَا | mā | what |
| ظَهَرَ | ẓahara | is apparent |
| مِنْهَا ۖ | min'hā | of it |
| وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ | walyaḍrib'na | And let them draw |
| بِخُمُرِهِنَّ | bikhumurihinna | their head covers |
| عَلَىٰ | ʿalā | over |
| جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ | juyūbihinna | their bosoms |
| وَلَا | walā | and not |
| يُبْدِينَ | yub'dīna | (to) display |
| زِينَتَهُنَّ | zīnatahunna | their adornment |
| إِلَّا | illā | except |
| لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ | libuʿūlatihinna | to their husbands |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| ءَابَآئِهِنَّ | ābāihinna | their fathers |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| ءَابَآءِ | ābāi | fathers |
| بُعُولَتِهِنَّ | buʿūlatihinna | (of) their husbands |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ | abnāihinna | their sons |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| أَبْنَآءِ | abnāi | sons |
| بُعُولَتِهِنَّ | buʿūlatihinna | (of) their husbands |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ | ikh'wānihinna | their brothers |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| بَنِىٓ | banī | sons |
| إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ | ikh'wānihinna | (of) their brothers |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| بَنِىٓ | banī | sons |
| أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ | akhawātihinna | (of) their sisters |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| نِسَآئِهِنَّ | nisāihinna | their women |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| مَا | mā | what |
| مَلَكَتْ | malakat | possess |
| أَيْمَـٰنُهُنَّ | aymānuhunna | their right hands |
| أَوِ | awi | or |
| ٱلتَّـٰبِعِينَ | l-tābiʿīna | the attendants |
| غَيْرِ | ghayri | having no physical desire |
| أُو۟لِى | ulī | having no physical desire |
| ٱلْإِرْبَةِ | l-ir'bati | having no physical desire |
| مِنَ | mina | among |
| ٱلرِّجَالِ | l-rijāli | [the] men |
| أَوِ | awi | or |
| ٱلطِّفْلِ | l-ṭif'li | [the] children |
| ٱلَّذِينَ | alladhīna | who |
| لَمْ | lam | (are) not |
| يَظْهَرُوا۟ | yaẓharū | aware |
| عَلَىٰ | ʿalā | of |
| عَوْرَٰتِ | ʿawrāti | private aspects |
| ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۖ | l-nisāi | (of) the women |
| وَلَا | walā | And not |
| يَضْرِبْنَ | yaḍrib'na | let them stamp |
| بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ | bi-arjulihinna | their feet |
| لِيُعْلَمَ | liyuʿ'lama | to make known |
| مَا | mā | what |
| يُخْفِينَ | yukh'fīna | they conceal |
| مِن | min | of |
| زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ | zīnatihinna | their adornment |
| وَتُوبُوٓا۟ | watūbū | And turn |
| إِلَى | ilā | to |
| ٱللَّهِ | l-lahi | Allah |
| جَمِيعًا | jamīʿan | altogether |
| أَيُّهَ | ayyuha | O believers |
| ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ | l-mu'minūna | O believers |
| لَعَلَّكُمْ | laʿallakum | So that you may |
| تُفْلِحُونَ | tuf'liḥūna | succeed |
In context
The verses around 24:31 in An-Nur.
- 24:29لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍۢ فِيهَا مَتَٰعٌۭ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَThere is no blame upon you for entering houses not inhabited in which there is convenience for you. And Allah knows what you reveal and what you conceal.
- 24:30قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا۟ مِنْ أَبْصَٰرِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا۟ فُرُوجَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَTell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what they do.
- 24:32وَأَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْأَيَٰمَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَآئِكُمْ ۚ إِن يَكُونُوا۟ فُقَرَآءَ يُغْنِهِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌۭAnd marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty, and Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
- 24:33وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبْتَغُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ فَكَاتِبُوهُمْ إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًۭا ۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مِّن مَّالِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۚ وَلَا تُكْرِهُوا۟ فَتَيَٰتِكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْبِغَآءِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَ تَحَصُّنًۭا لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ عَرَضَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَمَن يُكْرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِكْرَٰهِهِنَّ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭBut let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allah enriches them from His bounty. And those who seek a contract [for eventual emancipation] from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them if you know there is within them goodness and give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you. And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire chastity, to seek [thereby] the temporary interests of worldly life. And if someone should compel them, then indeed, Allah is [to them], after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful.
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