قُل
لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
يَغُضُّواْ
مِنۡ
أَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ
وَيَحۡفَظُواْ
فُرُوجَهُمۡۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
أَزۡكَىٰ
لَهُمۡۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
خَبِيرُۢ
بِمَا
يَصۡنَعُونَ
٣٠
Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is aware of what they do.
— M. Pickthall
Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision1 and guard their private parts.2 That is purer for them. Indeed, Allāh is [fully] Aware of what they do.
— Saheeh International
Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
«إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْجُلُوسَ عَلَى الطُّرُقَاتِ»
(Beware of sitting in the streets.) They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we have no alternative but to sit in the streets to converse with one another." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«إِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ فَأَعْطُوا الطَّرِيقَ حَقَّهُ»
(If you insist, then give the
…«إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْجُلُوسَ عَلَى الطُّرُقَاتِ»
(Beware of sitting in the streets.) They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we have no alternative but to sit in
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