Quran 24:31 – Chest Covering For Women And Differences In The Translations
The context is clear that men and women were given the same instructions to cover their private parts (Furuj) in verses 30 and 31, no matter if it is adorned or not. A woman’s chest is a part of farj too, so it should be covered too. If it is covered with loose garments, even then it fulfills the purpose. Now the additional instructions regarding covering for women start with the adornment. Therefore it is adornment on the chest area that is to be covered with a veil in front of men. If the second directive of covering the chest had belonged to the first directive of covering Furuj, it should have come with the first directive, but it came after the mention of covering adornment so it belongs to the covering of adornments.