The Confederates
33. Al-'Aḥzāb
الأحزاب
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يَا أَيُّهَا
النَّبِيُّ
قُل
لِّأَزْوَاجِكَ
وَبَنَاتِكَ
وَنِسَاءِ
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
يُدْنِينَ
عَلَيْهِنَّ
مِن
جَلَابِيبِهِنَّ
ذَلِكَ
أَدْنَى
أَن
يُعْرَفْنَ
فَلَا
يُؤْذَيْنَ
وَكَانَ
اللَّهُ
غَفُورًا
رَّحِيمًا
yā-ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu qul li-ʾazwājika wa-banātika wa-nisāʾi l-muʾminīna yudnīna ʿalayhinna min jalābībihinna dhālika ʾadnā ʾan yuʿrafna fa-lā yuʾdhayna wa-kāna llāhu ghafūran raḥīman
O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad): that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
— Abdullah Yusufali
O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the faithful to draw closely over themselves their chadors [when going out]. That makes it likely for them to be recognized and not be troubled, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.
