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Dress Code in Grand Qur'aan
O You the posterity of Adam! We have indeed sent for you dress-clothing that covers-hides-conceals-secludes your bodies-contours, and additionally serves as integumentary/feathers like protection [from heat discharge/outflow-16:81]. And the Garment of Cautiousness and Restraint that is the best veil [it will let hide all past evils] This is from the demonstrative visible signs of Allah so that they people remember. [7:26]
لبس
(مقاييس اللغة
رِيشًا is a
collective noun and is conjunct with Waw. Therefore, it shows that the
dress functions to veil the body as feathers. Hence beautification are
not the meaning but inference. Today, we need to study what feathers do
for a bird. Birds are warm blooded and we know the heat is something
constantly in flow. Warm blooded birds and we human need to maintain a
certain body temperature.
The word ريشا is plural and is used after the verb with conjunction
defining/explaining the basic purpose of the dress. What is so special in the habit of sleeping in a state that body is covered by an additional sheet of cloth/garment/blanket? Human body, whether of a man or woman, has its own sanctity and privacy.
"And We said. "O Adam, stay you and your wife as guests in the Garden, and both eat from wherever you wish and like, however you both don't go near this female tree/taste its fruit, otherwise you would become from those who interrupt/use things without right/permission"
"Then he created for both two of them confusion, so that it may become visible to them what was hidden of their bodies from each other, {how he created the confusion?} and said " The Lord of both of you has not forbidden both of you from this tree except that both of you may not become governors {rulers} or become as immortals/people of permanence" Refer 7:20}
"This is how by deceit he made both victim/fall. And in consequence when both tasted the fruit of that female tree, their bodies became naked for each other" {Refer 7:22}
"And in consequence, both ate from that, the result was that their bodies became nude for each other" {Refer 20.121} This is what we call cause and effect. Adam عليه السلام forgot the advice; he tasted the fruit of the tree and his wife followed him. The result was that they became nude for each other and that was exactly what Satan wanted that both of them may see private parts of each other where another sort of appetite is hidden, more pleasurable, alluring, fascinating and enjoyable {And surely life on earth would have been burdensome without that joy}. It also subtly reflected that there is a relationship between the food intake and private parts activity. The instinctive reaction was this:
"and they both hastened to cover themselves with the leaves of the garden [to return to original state/condition" Refer 7:22 and 20.121} The first visible/apparent distinction between human being and an animal is the dress to cover the body.
"O You the posterity of Adam, We have sent for you dress/clothing for you to cover/hide/conceal your body and for protection [from heat discharge/outflow]/comfort/" {Refer 7:26}
{And be mindful about what Satan did with your parents} caused to strip off/remove from them their dress so that their bodies may become visible to each other" {Refer 7:27} Dress is human's distinction. It is symbol of honor, dignity and sanctity. Let us reflect on the reaction of the first man and woman when they became naked for the eyes of each other. They felt perturbed and disturbed and in haste started to take themselves into the position in which they were before violating the advice of not eating/tasting fruit of that female tree. They hastened to cover their bodies. No one had asked them to do like that. It was their reflexive action. We must be proud of our father and mother. Our respects and salutes to both of them. And see the tragedy of the "progressive" posterity of Adam. We have nude clubs today and stupidly perceive that since man is born nude therefore to remain nude in the group is a natural phenomenon. This is what we call man is at loss in time.
"And He is the One Who has made/prescribed night for you people as/like garment {source of comfort/seclusion from others} {Refer 25:47}
"And We have made/prescribed night as/like garment {comfort/seclusion from others}"{Refer78:10} Dress is like the night, which spreads darkness and makes the things non-visible, obscure. Any dress that makes the contours/figure more prominent, does not qualify to be called dress. The dress is stitched one, which is worn on the body. However, the stitched dress may not hide those parts of the body that are raised above the skin, which serve as secondary distinction/identification of sex/gender of human beings. Any thing which is raised above the ground level is called ظَهَرَ , evident, visible, conspicuously perceivable; outer and upper portion of anything. My Lord, the Last Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم was advised to direct women:
"And nor they should expose/make eminent/noticeable their attraction [bosoms] except that out of it which has naturally become evident/raised above the surface. And for this they should draw barrier/distance their surfaced bosoms to obscure with their unsown sheets upon their chests." {Refer 24:31} Knowledge and wisdom {علم و معرفت بصيرت} are hidden. It is reflected in individual’s actions, behavior, attitude and conduct. Careful attitude reflects حيا“Haya”. “حيا” demands vigilance and carefulness in every moment of life to avoid any situation that could cause ashamed/abashed. At any point of time, we cannot claim that we know the universe and our own bodies. “حيا”, chaste {pure way} with all its manifestations demands alertness at every moment. The sanctity of private parts (genitalia) of human body, male and female, demands that it should not come into the vision of others. Nevertheless, during sleep man is unmindful of some activities of its private parts. Things are visually noticeable when rose above ground (ظهر) even if they are covered with dress. The human male has pudendum {external genital organ} which can become (ظهر) raised/evident above the ground/body. What is the relation {purpose/benefit} of covering one self during sleep in “دثار” with carefulness/حيا? What is so special in the habit of sleeping in a state that body is covered by an additional sheet of cloth/garment/blanket? Human body, whether of a man or woman, has its own sanctity and privacy. “The penis has two states, flaccid and erect. The difference between the two depends on the filling of the penile chambers with blood up to the level of pressure in the major arteries of the body. If not sexually active, normal men are flaccid about 23 hours of the day; with approximately one aggregate hour of erection occurring during a part of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Men average four or five REM erections a night, each lasting about 15 minutes. The cause and function of these erections are not known; the frequency of REM erections usually diminishes with age” (With thanks from Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2003). We know that the majority of men even today are not aware of this fact that they have stiff erection [harder than when sexually active] about four times during the sleep each having a duration of 15 minutes, but quite many know that in the early hour of the morning their organ gets erected without their consent/desire. How many of us taken care that it could be noticed by others around us who are not asleep? Private part is private; its dimensions should not come into the sight/vision of others. Carefulness and chastity demand that we must sleep under the cover of unstitched cloth/sheet [دثار] to secure sanctity and dignity of our private part.
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{Refer 2:35}
{Refer 7:19}
