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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nur, verse 31

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وقل للمؤمنات يغضضن من ابصارهن ويحفظن فروجهن ولا يبدين زينتهن الا ما ظهر منها وليضربن بخمرهن على جيوبهن ولا يبدين زينتهن الا لبعولتهن او ابائهن او اباء بعولتهن او ابنائهن او ابناء بعولتهن او اخوانهن او بني اخوانهن او بني اخواتهن او نسائهن 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 المؤمنون لعلكم تفلحون

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 husbands’ 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 Should not strike their feet In order to draw attention To their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! Turn ye all together Towards God, that ye May attain Bliss.

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  • Verse 31 of 64
  • Juz 18
  • Page 353

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  1. وَقُلAnd saywaqul
  2. لِّلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِto the believing womenlil'mu'mināti
  3. يَغْضُضْنَ(that) they should loweryaghḍuḍ'na
  4. مِنْ[of]min
  5. أَبْصَـٰرِهِنَّtheir gazeabṣārihinna
  6. وَيَحْفَظْنَand they should guardwayaḥfaẓna
  7. فُرُوجَهُنَّtheir chastityfurūjahunna
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. يُبْدِينَ(to) displayyub'dīna
  10. زِينَتَهُنَّtheir adornmentzīnatahunna
  11. إِلَّاexceptillā
  12. مَاwhatmā
  13. ظَهَرَis apparentẓahara
  14. مِنْهَا ۖof itmin'hā
  15. وَلْيَضْرِبْنَAnd let them drawwalyaḍrib'na
  16. بِخُمُرِهِنَّtheir head coversbikhumurihinna
  17. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  18. جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖtheir bosomsjuyūbihinna
  19. وَلَاand notwalā
  20. يُبْدِينَ(to) displayyub'dīna
  21. زِينَتَهُنَّtheir adornmentzīnatahunna
  22. إِلَّاexceptillā
  23. لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّto their husbandslibuʿūlatihinna
  24. أَوْoraw
  25. ءَابَآئِهِنَّtheir fathersābāihinna
  26. أَوْoraw
  27. ءَابَآءِfathersābāi
  28. بُعُولَتِهِنَّ(of) their husbandsbuʿūlatihinna
  29. أَوْoraw
  30. أَبْنَآئِهِنَّtheir sonsabnāihinna
  31. أَوْoraw
  32. أَبْنَآءِsonsabnāi
  33. بُعُولَتِهِنَّ(of) their husbandsbuʿūlatihinna
  34. أَوْoraw
  35. إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّtheir brothersikh'wānihinna
  36. أَوْoraw
  37. بَنِىٓsonsbanī
  38. إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ(of) their brothersikh'wānihinna
  39. أَوْoraw
  40. بَنِىٓsonsbanī
  41. أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ(of) their sistersakhawātihinna
  42. أَوْoraw
  43. نِسَآئِهِنَّtheir womennisāihinna
  44. أَوْoraw
  45. مَاwhatmā
  46. مَلَكَتْpossessmalakat
  47. أَيْمَـٰنُهُنَّtheir right handsaymānuhunna
  48. أَوِorawi
  49. ٱلتَّـٰبِعِينَthe attendantsl-tābiʿīna
  50. غَيْرِhaving no physical desireghayri
  51. أُو۟لِىhaving no physical desireulī
  52. ٱلْإِرْبَةِhaving no physical desirel-ir'bati
  53. مِنَamongmina
  54. ٱلرِّجَالِ[the] menl-rijāli
  55. أَوِorawi
  56. ٱلطِّفْلِ[the] childrenl-ṭif'li
  57. ٱلَّذِينَwhoalladhīna
  58. لَمْ(are) notlam
  59. يَظْهَرُوا۟awareyaẓharū
  60. عَلَىٰofʿalā
  61. عَوْرَٰتِprivate aspectsʿawrāti
  62. ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۖ(of) the womenl-nisāi
  63. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  64. يَضْرِبْنَlet them stampyaḍrib'na
  65. بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّtheir feetbi-arjulihinna
  66. لِيُعْلَمَto make knownliyuʿ'lama
  67. مَاwhatmā
  68. يُخْفِينَthey concealyukh'fīna
  69. مِنofmin
  70. زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚtheir adornmentzīnatihinna
  71. وَتُوبُوٓا۟And turnwatūbū
  72. إِلَىtoilā
  73. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  74. جَمِيعًاaltogetherjamīʿan
  75. أَيُّهَO believersayyuha
  76. ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَO believersl-mu'minūna
  77. لَعَلَّكُمْSo that you maylaʿallakum
  78. تُفْلِحُونَsucceedtuf'liḥūna

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