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Verse 33of 73

وَقَرْنَ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَأَقِمْنَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتِينَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِعْنَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ ٱلرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًۭا﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. And establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَرْنَwaqarnaAnd stay
فِىin
بُيُوتِكُنَّbuyūtikunnayour houses
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَبَرَّجْنَtabarrajnadisplay yourselves
تَبَرُّجَtabarruja(as was the) display
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِl-jāhiliyati(of the times of) ignorance
ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖl-ūlāthe former
وَأَقِمْنَwa-aqim'naAnd establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتِينَwaātīnaand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
وَأَطِعْنَwa-aṭiʿ'naand obey
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚwarasūlahuand His Messenger
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
يُرِيدُyurīduAllah wishes
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah wishes
لِيُذْهِبَliyudh'hibato remove
عَنكُمُʿankumufrom you
ٱلرِّجْسَl-rij'sathe impurity
أَهْلَahla(O) People
ٱلْبَيْتِl-bayti(of) the House
وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْwayuṭahhirakumAnd to purify you
تَطْهِيرًۭاtaṭhīran(with thorough) purification

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Enjoining certain Manners so that the Mothers of the Believers may be an Example; and the Prohibition of TabarrujThese are the good manners which Allah enjoined upon the wives of the Prophet so that they would be an example for the women of the Ummah to follow. Allah said, addressing the wives of the Prophet that they should fear Allah as He commanded them, and that no other woman is like them or can be their equal in virtue and status.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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