[and do not display yourselves as was the display of the former times of ignorance.] al-Aḥzāb:33 This āyah specifically addresses our role models, the noble women we strive to emulate; the mothers of the believers (the wives of our Rasūl Allāh ﷺ). But in general, as scholars have stated, it addresses all believing women. The commands in it are for all Muʾmināt to follow. In the āyah, the pre-Islāmic era of ignorance, where display of women’s beauty was rampant, is…
