Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Saturday, 11 Apr 1992 15:43:02 EDT
From: Mahfooz Ahmed Jafry <32JMVQG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: Women and Burqa: Analyzing the recent discussion
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Salam Alaikum :

        IFTA translation of Holy Quranic verse 59 Al-Ahzab 'O ' Prophet!
Tell Thy wives and daughters, And the believing women(3764)thatthey should cast
Their outer garments over (3762) Their persons (when out of doors): That is mos
t convenient, That they should be known (3766) (As such) and not molested.  And
Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful'.

       3764.  This is for all Muslim women, those of the Prophet's household,
as well as the others.  They were asked to cover themselves with outer garments
when walking out of doors.

       3765.  Jilbab, plural Jalabib: an outer garment; a long gown coverning t
he whole body, or a cloak covering the neck and bosom.

       3766.  The object was not torestrict the liberty of women, but to protec
t them from harm and molestation.  In the East and in the West a distinctive
public dress of some sort of another has always been a badge of honour or disti
nction, both among men and women.  This can be traced back on theearliest civil
izations.  Assyrian Law in its palmiest days (say, 7th century B.C.), enjoined
the veiling of married women and forbade the veiling of slaves and women of ill
 fame : see Cambridge Ancient History, III. 107.

       The above translation is not from Tafhimul Quran and Maulana Maudoodi.
Published by 'The Presidency of Islamic Reserches, IFTA, Call and Guidance, Kin
g Fahd Holy Quran: Printing Complex' p. 1265 (this is available in most of the
Islamic Center of USA).

       My comment : Somebody wrote that this injuction is limited to the family
 of Prophet(S) only but  the exact translation says 'And the believing women',
one could easily clear his/her misunderstanding.  It does not need any clarific
ation from any corner. In the footnote 3764 this point is again cleared that th
is order is for all muslim women those who believes.  Then there is no room for
 me or any one else to argue.  In footnote 3765 : Jilbab, plural and Jalabib: a
n outer garmetn: a long gown covering the whole body, or a cloak covering the n
eck and bosom' clearly says what is required and what is not required.  This
is further explained in footnote 3766 and a refrences of 7th centruy B.C. cited
 their.  Maudoodi was not born at that time and it is said that Assyrian Law in
 its palmiest days (say, 7th century B.C.), enjoined the veiling of married wom
en and forbade theveiling of slaves and women of il fame: .  I do not think tha
t it also need any clarification :

        Now verse 33 Al-AQhzab (trans) ' And stay quietly in Your houses, and m
ake not a dazzling display, like That of the former Times of Ignorance; and est
ablish Regular Prayer, and give Zakat and obje (3714) Allah and His Messenger.
 And Allah only wishes To remove all abomination From you, ye Members (3715) Of
the Family, and to make You pure and spotless.'

        3714 (footnote) :Obedience to Allah's Law sums up all duties.  Regular
Prayer (seeking nearness to Allah) and Regular Charity (doing good to fellow-cr
eatures) are mentioned as special features of our Religion.

        The above are open and clear verses of Allah which does not need any co
mmentary to understand.  Even though, those who dis-honour (being a muslim), fo
r them Holy Quran says 'they curve every issue, so Allah curved their path'
(this is an independent translation). May Allah save us from Shaitan and help u
s to understand Quran.

        It is not worth of mentioning  that once a big muslim scholar
asked the fellow muslim men to come forward and go for dawa work.  One gentlema
n said that I have seen my peer (urdu word peer and mureed, not english peer) a
nd he says not to join you (in the dream ).  The scholar replied that I am not
talking about dream, I am talking about this practical life, and if u insist on
dream than many people having dream declared that enxt morning 'that I am nabi'
, like Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Qadiyani, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmed also gave supporting
references from Quran.  Then what to do ? That gentleman joined that dawa group
and day and night working for the cause of Allah.  Subhannallah, in sura Araf i
t is said that Hidiyah is only in the hand of Allah.  This is fact that 'yashra
h qalb fi yadallah'.

        May Allah save us from shaitan (he wants we argue and remain in state o
f disagreement ), I am writing for everybody not for the sake of debate or argu
ment but for better understanding the Holy Quran and its teachings.  Wa Akhir d
awana unilhamdullillah rubilalameen.  salam.



       He explains in 3762
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