Surah 24 An-Nur, Ayat 31-31

ۡ ۡ
‫ص ِّارِّه َّن َوَ َۡي َفظ َن فُـ ُرۡو َج ُه َّن َوََل يـُ ۡب ِّد ۡي َن ِّزۡيـنَـتَـ ُه َّن اََِّّل َما ظَ َهَر ِّمنـ َها‬ ۡ ‫ٰت يـ ۡغض ۡضن ِّم ۡن ا‬
‫ب‬ ِّ ‫ن‬ ِّ
‫م‬ ‫ؤ‬ۡ ‫وقل لِّ ۡـلم‬
َ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ُۡ َ
ۡ
‫َوليَـض ِّرۡب َن خِبُ ُم خرخهنَّ َع ٰلى ُجيُـ ۡوِِّبِّ َّن َوََل يـُ ۡب ِّد ۡي َن ِّزۡيـنَـتَـ ُه َّن اََِّّل لِّبُـعُ ۡولَتِّ ِّه َّن اَ ۡو اٰ َبائِّ ِّه َّن اَ ۡو اٰ َباِّء بـُعُ ۡولَتِّ ِّه َّن اَ ۡو‬
‫اَ ۡبـنَائِّ ِّه َّن اَ ۡو اَ ۡبـنَاِّء بـُعُ ۡولَتِّ ِّه َّن اَ ۡو اِّ ۡخ َو ِّاِنِّ َّن اَ ۡو بَِّ ۡۤۡن اِّ ۡخ َو ِّاِنِّ َّن اَ ۡو بَِّ ۡۤۡن اَ َخ ٰوِِّتِّ َّن اَ ۡو نِّ َسائِّ ِّه َّن اَ ۡو َما َملَـ َك ۡت‬
ِّ‫ت النِّساء‬ ِّ ‫الط ۡف ِّل الَّ ِّذ ۡين ََۡل ي ۡظهر ۡوا ع ٰلى ع ۡوٰر‬ ِّ ‫الرج ِّال اَِّو‬ ِّ ِّ ۡ ِّ ۡ ۡ ‫ا ۡۡياِنن ا ِّو ٰالتبِّعِّ ۡۡي غ‬
َ َ َُ َ َ َ ِّ ‫ن‬ ‫م‬ ‫ة‬ ‫ب‬
َ‫ر‬ ‫َل‬ ‫ا‬ ‫وِل‬ِّ ‫ا‬
ُ ِّ
‫ۡي‬ َ َ َ َّ ُُ َ َ
َ ۡ َ
‫َج ۡيـ ًعا اَيُّهَ ال ُم ۡؤِّمنُـ ۡو َن لَ َعلَّ ُك ۡم‬ ِّٰ ‫وََل ي ۡض ِّرۡبن ِّبَ ۡرجلِّ ِّه َّن لِّي ۡـعلَم ما ُ ُۡي ِّف ۡۡي ِّم ۡن ِّزۡيـنَتِّ ِّه َّن ؕ وتـُ ۡوبـ ۡۤۡوا اِّ َِل‬
َِّ ‫الل‬
ُ َ َ ََ ُ ُ َ َ َ
ۡ
﴾24:31﴿ ‫تـُفلِّ ُح ۡو َن‬
(24:31) And enjoin believing women to cast down their looks31 and guard their private32 parts33 and not
reveal their adornment34 except that which is revealed of itself,35 and to draw their veils (head-
coverings) over their bosoms,36 and not to reveal their adornment save to their husbands,37 or their
fathers, or the fathers of their husbands,38 or of their own sons, or the sons of their husbands,39 or their
brothers,40 or the sons of their brothers,41 or the sons of their sisters,42 or the women with whom they
associate,43 or those that are in their bondage,44 or the male attendants in their service free of sexual
interest,45 or boys that are yet unaware of illicit matters pertaining to women. 46 Nor should they stamp
their feet on the ground in such manner that their hidden ornament becomes revealed.47 Believers, turn
together, all of you, to Allah in repentance49 that you may attain true success.48

Notes
36.
In the pre-lslamic days of ignorance, women used to wear a sort of head-band, which was tied in a
knot at the rear of the head. The slit of the shirt in the front partly remained open exposing the front
of the neck and the upper part of the bosom. There was nothing except the shirt to cover the
breasts, and the hair was worn in a couple or two of plaits hanging behind like tails. (AI-Kashshaf,
Vol. II, p. 90, and Ibn Kathir, Vol. III, pp. 283-284). At the revelation of this verse, the head-wrapper
was introduced among the Muslim women, which was meant to cover the head, the breasts, and the
back, completely. The way the Muslim women responded to this command has been described by
Aishah in a vivid manner. She states that when Surah An- Noor was revealed and the people learned
of its contents from the Prophet (peace be upon him), they immediately went back to their houses
and recited the verses before their wives, daughters and sisters. There was an instantaneous
response. The Ansar women, one and all, immediately got up and made wrappers from whatever
piece of cloth that was handy. The next morning all the women who came to the Prophet’s Mosque
for prayers were dressed in wrappers. In another tradition Aishah says that thin cloth was discarded
and the women selected only coarse cloth for the purpose. (lbn Kathir, Vol. III, p. 284, Abu Daud).
Source: http://islamicstudies.info/reference.php?sura=24&verse=31

Khomor is the plural of Khimar "‫ "خمار‬which the Muslim woman uses to cover her head (hair and neck)