Qur'anic Verse

Al-Ahzab 33:53

"...And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a screen [hijab]. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts..." (condensed; the so-called "hijab verse," addressed in its immediate context specifically to the Prophet's wives and household.)

Revert Way rendering (condensed), in the style of early public-domain English translations (cf. Pickthall 1930)

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Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice
A historical-critical review testing whether practices commonly described as Islamic requirements for women — segregation, face-veiling, travel guardianship, exclusion from mosques and public office — rest on the Qur'an itself or on later hadith, jurisprudence, dynastic custom, and regional practice.

Al-Ahzab 33:53

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Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice