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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulVerse 31
1 verseAn-Nur 31
وَقُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ اَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْد۪ينَ ز۪ينَتَهُنَّ اِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلٰى جُيُوبِهِنَّۖ وَلَا يُبْد۪ينَ ز۪ينَتَهُنَّ اِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اٰبَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ اٰبَٓاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اَبْنَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ اَبْنَٓاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اِخْوَانِهِنَّ اَوْ بَن۪ٓي اِخْوَانِهِنَّ اَوْ بَن۪ٓي اَخَوَاتِهِنَّ اَوْ نِسَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُنَّ اَوِ التَّابِع۪ينَ غَيْرِ اُو۬لِي الْاِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ اَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلٰى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَٓاءِۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِاَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْف۪ينَ مِنْ ز۪ينَتِهِنَّۜ وَتُوبُٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ جَم۪يعًا اَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ٣١
Mushaf
Transliteration
31Veḳul lilmüʾminâti yagḍuḍne min ebṣârihinne veyaḥfażne fürûcehünne velâ yübdîne zînetehünne illâ mâ żahera minhâ velyaḍribne biḫumürihinne ʿalâ cüyûbihinn. velâ yübdîne zînetehünne illâ libüʿûletihinne ev âbâihinne ev âbâi büʿûletihinne ev ebnâihinne ev ebnâi büʿûletihinne ev iḫvânihinne ev benî iḫvânihinne ev benî eḫavâtihinne ev nisâihinne ev mâ meleket eymânühünne evi-ttâbiʿîne gayri üli-lʾirbeti mine-rricâli evi-ṭṭifli-lleẕîne lem yażherû ʿalâ ʿavrati-nnisâʾ. velâ yaḍribne biercülihinne liyüʿleme mâ yuḫfîne min zînetihinn. vetûbû ile-llâhi cemîʿan eyyühe-lmüʾminûne leʿalleküm tüfliḥûn.
English Translation
31And tell the believing women too to lower their gaze from what is forbidden and to guard their chastity and honor. Let them not display the places of their adornment, except what necessarily shows; let them draw their head coverings down over their breasts and necklines, and not show their charms and beauty to anyone except their husbands, their fathers, their fathers-in-law, their own sons, their stepsons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, believing women, those they possess, male servants who have no need of women, or young children who have not yet developed any desire for women. And let them not stamp their feet on the ground while walking to make their adornments known. O believers, repent of the mistakes you have made, so that you may attain salvation.
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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik.
The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.