> > > > > > > >The Elegant Hijab > > > >The pea is a splendid plant. It proudly displays its strong green Hijab. It >protects it from the hot and cold weather and guards it from insects. Allah >has >blessed the pea with a special Hijab, because without it, the seeds would >scatter, dry up and die. > > > >The orange keeps itself within its shiny orange Hijab to protect its delicious >fruit. Otherwise it loses its taste too. > > > >So are the banana, the coconut and the pomegranate. Each one has an elegant >and >unique Hijab, which protects it from disease and destruction. > > > >The jewel of the sea, the pearl, has been given a very tough and rugged Hijab >- >oyster shell. It protects it from sea animals and keeps it sparkling and >shining >inside. > >However, the most beloved of Allah in all His creation is the Muslim girl who >wears the Hijab. She knows it is a gift from Allah. It protects her from harm, >injury and mischief. She wears it knowing it gives her dignity, beauty and >respect. So precious she can be that she hides herself beneath her Hijab. > >Do you wear a Hijab? Give it a try today > >"And say to the faithful women to lower their gazes, and to guard their >private >parts, and not to display their beauty except what is apparent of it, and to >extend their headcoverings (khimars) to cover their bosoms (jaybs), and not to >display their beauty except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their >husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers, >or >their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their womenfolk, or what >their >right hands rule (slaves), or the followers from the men who do not feel >sexual >desire, or the small children to whom the nakedness of women is not apparent, >and not to strike their feet (on the ground) so as to make known what they >hide >of their adornments. And turn in repentance to Allah together, O you the >faithful, in order that you are successful" (Al Quran An-Nur:31) > >"O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the faithful >to draw their outergarments (jilbabs) close around themselves; that is better >that they will be recognized and not annoyed. And God is ever Forgiving, >Gentle." (Al Quran Al-Ahzab:59) >
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