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dants who
lack vigour, or children who know naught of women's nakedness. And let
them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their
adornment. And turn unto Allah together, O believers, in order that ye
may succeed.
S: And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and
guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except
what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their
bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or
their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the
sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or
their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands
possess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the
children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women;
and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their
ornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so
that you may be successful.
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Y: Marry those among you who are single, or the virtuous ones among
yourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah will give
them means out of His grace: for Allah encompasseth all, and he knoweth
all things.
P: And marry such of you as are solitary and the pious of your slaves
and maid-servants. If they be poor, Allah will enrich them of His
bounty. Allah is of ample means, Aware.
S: And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among
your male slaves and your female slaves; if they are needy, Allah will
make them free from want out of His grace; and Allah is Ample-giving,
Knowing.
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Y: Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves
chaste, until Allah gives them means out of His grace. And if any of
your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their
freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed if ye know any good
in them: yea, give them something yourselves out of the means which
Allah has given to you. But force not your maids to prostitution when
they desire chastity, in order that ye may make a gain in the goods of
this life. But if anyone compels them, yet, after such compulsion, is
Allah, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them),
P: And let those who cannot find a match keep chaste till Allah give
them independence by His grace. And such of your slaves as seek a
writing (of emancipation), write it for them if ye are
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