Surah An-Nur, ayah 31

24:31

وَقُل لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ يَغۡضُضۡنَ مِنۡ أَبۡصَٰرِهِنَّ وَيَحۡفَظۡنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبۡدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنۡهَاۖ وَلۡيَضۡرِبۡنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّۖ وَلَا يُبۡدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ أَوۡ ءَابَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ أَبۡنَآئِهِنَّ أَوۡ أَبۡنَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوۡ بَنِيٓ إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوۡ بَنِيٓ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ أَوۡ نِسَآئِهِنَّ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّٰبِعِينَ غَيۡرِ أُوْلِي ٱلۡإِرۡبَةِ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ أَوِ ٱلطِّفۡلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يَظۡهَرُواْ عَلَىٰ عَوۡرَٰتِ ٱلنِّسَآءِۖ وَلَا يَضۡرِبۡنَ بِأَرۡجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعۡلَمَ مَا يُخۡفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّۚ وَتُوبُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ٣١

Waqul lil-mu'mināti yaghdudna min absārihinna wayahfazna furūjahunna walā yubdīna zīnatahunna illā mā zahara minhā walyadribna bikhumurihinna 'alā juyūbihinna walā yubdīna zīnatahunna illā libu'ūlatihinna aw ābā'ihinna aw ābā'i bu'ūlatihinna aw abnā'ihinna aw abnā'i bu'ūlatihinna aw ikhwānihinna aw banī ikhwānihinna aw banī akhawātihinna aw nisā'ihinna aw mā malakat aymānuhunna awit-tābi'īna ghayri ulil-irbati minar-rijāli awit-tiflil-ladhīna lam yazharū 'alā 'awrātin-nisā'i walā yadribna bi arjulihinna liyu'lama mā yukhfīna min zīnatihinna watūbū ilallāhi jamī'an ayyuhal-mu'minūna la'allakum tuflihūn

And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision990 and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment991 except that which [necessarily] appears thereof992 and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment [i.e., beauty] except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess [i.e., slaves], or those male attendants having no physical desire,993 or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allāh in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.

Footnotes

990 Looking only at what is lawful and averting their eyes from what is unlawful.

991 Both natural beauty, such as hair or body shape, and that with which a woman beautifies herself of clothing, jewelry, etc.

992 i.e., the outer garments or whatever might appear out of necessity, such as a part of the face or the hands.

993 Referring to an abnormal condition in which a man is devoid of sexual feeling.