يَٰٓأَيُّهَا

ٱلنَّبِيُّ

قُل

لِّأَزۡوَٰجِكَ

وَبَنَاتِكَ

وَنِسَآءِ

ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

يُدۡنِينَ

عَلَيۡهِنَّ

مِن

جَلَٰبِيبِهِنَّۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

أَدۡنَىٰٓ

أَن

يُعۡرَفۡنَ

فَلَا

يُؤۡذَيۡنَۗ

وَكَانَ

ٱللَّهُ

غَفُورٗا

رَّحِيمٗا

٥٩

O Prophet! Ask your wives, daughters, and believing women to draw their cloaks over their bodies. In this way it is more likely that they will be recognized ˹as virtuous˺ and not be harassed. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.¹ 

If the hypocrites, and those with sickness in their hearts, and rumour-mongers in Medina do not desist, We will certainly incite you ˹O Prophet˺ against them, and then they will not be your neighbours there any longer.

˹They deserve to be˺ condemned. ˹If they were to persist,˺ they would get themselves seized and killed relentlessly wherever they are found!¹

That was Allah’s way with those ˹hypocrites˺ who have gone before. And you will find no change in Allah’s way.