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And stay in your houses (read qirna or qarna, derived from al-qarār, and is actually, aqrirna or aqrarna from qarirtu or qarartu: the vowelling of the rā' is moved to the qāf and [the rā'] is omitted together with the conjunctive hamza) and do not flaunt your finery (tabarrajna, with one of the two original tā' [of tatabarrajna] letters omitted) in the [flaunting] manner of the former Time of Ignorance, in other words, before Islam, when they used to display their beauty to men - [the stipulation regarding] such 'displays' after [the coming of] Islam is mentioned in the verse: and not to display their adornment except what is apparent [Q. 24:31]. And maintain prayer and pay the alms, and obey Allahu ta’ālā and His Messenger (rasūl). Indeed Allahu ta’ālā wishes but to rid you of sin, O, People of the House, in other words, [O] women of the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam", and to purify you, of it, with a thorough purification.