Surah Araf ayat 26 Tafsir Quran 7:26

﴿يَا بَنِي آدَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَارِي سَوْآتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ﴾
[ الأعراف: 26]

7:26 O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember.

O Children of Adam! We have sent down on you a garment that is We have created it for you to conceal to cover up your shameful parts and feathers meaning all that one adorns oneself with of garments and the garment of God-fearing righteous deeds and virtuous traits read as libāsa’l-taqwā ‘the garment of God-fearing’ as a supplement to the preceding libāsan ‘a garment’; or read as libāsu’l-tawqā as the subject the predicate of which is the following sentence that is best; that is one of God’s signs the proofs of His power; perhaps they will remember and believe the address shifts from the second to the third person.

O you Children of Adam: We have furnished you with a raiment to screen your nakedness, which offends your sense of modesty and decency, and with a top attire to adorn your personal appearance, and best of all is the vesture of piety. This is one of Allahs striking disclosures to man, so that –you- people may hopefully reflect

Bestowing Raiment and Adornment on Mankind Allah reminds His servants that He has given them Libas and Rish.
Libas refers to the clothes that are used to cover the private parts, while Rish refers to the outer adornments used for purposes of beautification.
Therefore, the first type is essential while the second type is complimentary.
Ibn Jarir said that Rish includes furniture and outer clothes.
`Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam commented on the Ayah, وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَى ( and the Libas (raiment ) of Taqwa...) "When one fears Allah, Allah covers his errors.
Hence the `Libas of Taqwa' ( that the Ayah mentions )."

(7:26) 0 Children of Adam! *15 Indeed We have sent down to you a garment which covers your shame and provides protection and adornment. But the finest of all is the garment of piety. That is one of the signs of Allah so that they may take heed.

O children of Adam, We have bestowed meaning

*15).
By referring to an important aspect of Adam and Eve's story, the attention of the people of Arabia of those days was drawn to the evil influence of Satan upon their lives.
Under Satan's influence they had begun to see dress merely as a shield of protection against the inclemencies of the weather and as a means of adornment.
The basic purpose of dress to cover the private parts of the body - had receded into the background.
People had no inhibition about the immodest exposure of the private parts of their body in public.
To publicly take a bath absolutely naked, to attend to the call of nature on thoroughfares, were the order of the day.
To crown it all, in the course of Pilgrimage they used to circumambulate around the Ka'bah in stark nakedness.
Women even surpassed men in immodesty.
In their view, the performance of religious rites in complete nudity was an act of religious merit.

Immodesty, however, was not an exclusive characteristic of the people of Arabia.
Many nations indulged in it in the past, and many nations continue to indulge in it even now.
Hence the message embodied in these verses is not directed just to the people of Arabia.
It is rather directed to all men.
Mankind, which is the progeny of Adam, is warned against this particular aspect of Satanic influence on their lives.
When men show indifference to God's Guidance and turn away from the Message of the Prophets, they virtually place themselves at the mercy of Satan.
For it is Satan who makes them abandon way's that are consistent with true human nature and who leads them to immodesty in the same way he did with Adam and Eve.
Were man to reflect on this, it would become quite evident that when he is deprived of the guidance of the Prophets, he cannot even appreciate, let alone fulfil, the primary requirements of his true nature.

 

Bestowing Raiment and Adornment on Mankind Allah reminds His servants that He has given them Libas and Rish.
Libas refers to the clothes that are used to cover the private parts, while Rish refers to the outer adornments used for purposes of beautification.
Therefore, the first type is essential while the second type is complimentary.
Ibn Jarir said that Rish includes furniture and outer clothes.
`Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam commented on the Ayah, وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَى ( and the Libas (raiment ) of Taqwa...) "When one fears Allah, Allah covers his errors.
Hence the `Libas of Taqwa' ( that the Ayah mentions )."

( O Children of Adam! We have revealed unto you ) We have created and given you ( raiment ) clothes of cotton, wool and fur ( to conceal your shame ) your nakedness, ( and splendid vesture ) properties and stuff, that is the furniture of the house, ( but the raiment of restraint from evil ) the raiment of profession of Allah’s divine Oneness and of abstinence, ( that is best ) better than the raiment of cotton. ( This ) the raiment of cotton ( is of the revelations of Allah ) of the marvels of Allah, ( that they may remember ) take admonition.

O Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover yourselves (screen your private parts, etc.) and as an adornment, and the raiment of righteousness, that is better. Such are among the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah, that they may remember (i.e. leave falsehood and follow truth).

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