Whenever I study the Holy Quran, I am deeply convinced of its wisdom in giving the right message to the Mankind for the establishment of peace in the world through a certain disciplined society.
The provision of Hejab in the entire Quran has been explained again and again. Keeping one’s gaze below is very clear; drawing of a cover over the bosom has also been recommended. These things should be followed by the entire society in the whole world. But the present shape of ‘Burqua’ in which the poor women can be allowed to see the world only with one eye and that too behind a netted hole. The Maulana knows that Allah again and again says that He knows everything, that if He had desired the entire world would have consisted of Believers and Believers alone. He confirms that He is the Most Merciful and Forgiving. But it is a shame that the self-absorbed Maulana apparently doesn’t believe in any of this.
The one defence of this inhuman practice of the Burqa, making Muslim women one-eyed creatures, is the Aya 53 of Surah Al-Ahzab.
As for the frequently quoting Ayah by the Maulana, it must be understood that it was necessary to teach good, civilised manners to the rude Arabs of those days.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali has very aptly explained the meaning of this Ayah in the following manner:
The rules of refined social ethics is as necessary to teach to-day as it was with the rude Arabs whom the holy Prophet had to teach in his day. Those mentioned in this verse may be briefly recapitulated thus: (1) Enter not a friend's house without permission; (2) if invited to dine, don't go too early; you are asked to dine, not to wait for the preparation of the food; (3) be there at the time appointed, so that you enter when you are expected and invited; (4) after the meal, don't get familiar with your host, especially if there is a great distance between him and you; (5) don't waste time in tittle-tattle, causing inconvenience and perhaps annoyance to your host; (6) understand what is proper behaviour for you: he may be too polite to ask to depart. All this has a social bearing: respect and delicate consideration for others are among the highest virtues.
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