Surat an-Nur verse 31, 2nd part

Say to the believing women that they should lower their eyes and guard their chastity and not display their adornments – except for what normally shows – and draw their head-coverings across their breasts. They should only display their adornments to their husbands or their fathers or their husbands’ fathers, or their sons or their husbands’ sons or their brothers or their brothers’ sons or their sisters’ sons or other women or those they own as slaves or their male attendants who have no sexual desire or children who still have no awareness of women’s private parts. Nor should they stamp their feet so that their hidden ornaments are known. Turn to God every one of you, believers, so that hopefully you will have success. . (Qur'an, 24:31)

Misinterpretations regarding “women’s adornments”

Another subject that God draws our attention in verse 31 of Surat an-Nur is women’s “adornments.” The passage in the verse that reads, ”... so that their hidden ornaments are known” means that they should not display their breasts, and is not a reference to their heads.

However, this is reflected very differently in some hadiths and in some commentaries on the Qur’an through additions in parentheses or the distortion of the meanings of words. Let us have a look at these: