Hijab __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text HIJAB حجاب A partition or curtain. Veiling or concealing. (1) A term used for the covering of women enjoined in the Qur'an, Surah xxxiii. 53: "And when ye ask them (the Prophet's wives) for an article, ask them from behind a curtain; that is purer for your hearts and for their." (2) A term used by the Sufi mystics for that which obscures the light of God in the soul of man ('Abdu 'r-Razzaq's Dict. Of Sufi Terms.) Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/dictionary-of-islam-hughes">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail
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