وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ ٱنتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا ١٦
And mention, [O Muḥammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.
Quran verses about the hijab (veil and screen)
الحجاب
10 verses in 6 surahs · 4 subtopics
The hijab is understood here in the sense of veil and screen: the command of the hijab addressed to women, Mary withdrawing behind a screen, and the screen placed between the Prophet ﷺ reciting the Quran and those who do not believe in the Hereafter. The verses also mention the partition between the people of Paradise and those of Hell, and recall that Allah speaks to human beings from behind a veil.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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Mary secludes herself behind a screen · 1 verse
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