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Sura 42:51 (Mecca revelation):
"It is not given to man that God should speak to him except by suggestion or indirectly, or send a messenger to convey by His command whatsoever He please. He is all-high and all-wise."
"Il n'a pas été donné à un mortel qu'Allah lui parle, sinon par révélation, ou de derrière un voile,/ ou en envoyant un messager tel que celui-ci…"
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Sura 33: 53 (Medina revelation):
"O you who believe, do not enter the houses of the Prophet for a meal without awaiting the proper time, unless asked, and enter when you are invited, and depart when you have eaten, and do not stay on talking. This puts the Prophet to inconvenience, and he feels embarrassed in (saying) the truth. And when you ask his wife for some thing of utility, ask for it from behind the screen. This is for the purity of your hearts and theirs."
"O vous qui croyez!, n'entrez dans les appartements du Prophète que [quand] il vous est donné permission pour un repas! [N'entrez point alors] sans attendre le moment de [ce repas]! Quand toutefois vous êtes invités, entrez! Dès que vos avez pris le repas, retirez-vous sans vous abandonner, familiers, à un discours. Cela offense le Prophète et il a honte de vous. Mais Allah n'a pas honte de la vérité. Quand vous demandez un objet aux [épouses du Prophète], demandez-le de derrière un voile! Cela est plus décent pour vos coeurs et leurs coeurs."
It is evident to anyone reading these passages that except for the last quotation, the word hijab, though used indeed in the Arabic text, is not understood to mean or to refer in any way to an Islamic dress code for women.
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The first passage Sura 7: 46 talks about the separation (called veil) between the inhabitants of Hell and those of Paradise.
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The second passage Sura 19: 16-17 speaks about how when she found out she was pregnant, Mary separated herself from her people in space and in silence (this separation is spoked of as a veil).
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The third passage Sura 41: 5 speaks about the polytheists who have a veil on their heart that prevents them from hearing and understanding the preaching of the Prophet.