Why The Command In Surah Al-Ahzab If Veiling Already Existed?
O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw over themselves their jilbāb(outer garments). That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful. [33:59] If the women of that time already wore the jilbāb, why does the verse come in the form of a command? Why not simply say, “Continue wearing your jilbābs”?