Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:59

33:59

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَآءِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَـٰبِيبِهِنَّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

yāayyuhā l-nabiyu qul li-azwājika wabanātika wanisāi l-mu'minīna yud'nīna ʿalayhinna min jalābībihinna dhālika adnā an yuʿ'rafna falā yu'dhayna wakāna l-lahu ghafūran raḥīman

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 Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

Prophet, tell your wives, your daughters, and women believers to make their outer garments hang low over them so as to be recog-nized and not insulted: God is most forgiving, most merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e. screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allâh is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.[3]

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO Prophet
ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuO Prophet
قُلqulSay
لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَli-azwājikato your wives
وَبَنَاتِكَwabanātikaand your daughters
وَنِسَآءِwanisāiand (the) women
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(of) the believers
يُدْنِينَyud'nīnato draw
عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaover themselves
مِنmin[of]
جَلَـٰبِيبِهِنَّۚjalābībihinnatheir outer garments
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
أَدْنَىٰٓadnā(is) more suitable
أَنanthat
يُعْرَفْنَyuʿ'rafnathey should be known
فَلَاfalāand not
يُؤْذَيْنَۗyu'dhaynaharmed
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
غَفُورًۭاghafūranOft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمًۭاraḥīmanMost Merciful