"And "O Mohammed! remember" her "Mary" who guarded her chastity, therefore We breathed into her Our Spirit, and We made her and her son a sign unto all peoples." "21:91" The holy Quran regards guarding the modesty to be one of characteristics of the believers, giving orders to the prophets to bid the believing men and women to lower their gaze, as in the following verse: "Say thou "O Our Apostle Mohammed!" unto the believing men that they cast down their gaze and guard their private parts; that is purer for them; Verily God is AllAware of what they do. And say unto the believing women that they cast down their gaze and guard their private parts..." "24:30, 31" In these verses the philosophy of this prescription, the development and nurture of man being regarded to be confined in selfrestraint and guarding the private parts. 174 The holy Quran prescribes those who cannot afford for marriage to observe continence, as in this verse: "And let them be in continence, those find not means to marry until God of His grace maketh free from want..." "24:33" Concerning the aged women "past child bearing" though there being no rigid restriction upon them regarding covering and clothes, but observing continence is better for them "verse 60 of surat AnNoor". For manifesting its objectives in these fields, the holy Quran uses terms like chastity, bashfulness, fortification, lowering the gaze and guarding the private parts. Chastity "continence" is used with the meaning of selfpreservation and controlling and restraining the self. 175Shyness is used with the meaning of contraction and
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174. Rooh Ad-Deen Al-Islami, p. 357. 175. Lisaan Al-Arab, vol. IX, p. 290.
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