يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
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O you the embodiment of Haya and Carefulness-Ever mindful and vigilant; you the one who conceals/wraps while asleep under the cloak/unsown cloth/sheet;
When we address people, we call them by their personal name. In one to one direct contact/address, we also call by the name reflecting one?s attribute/status/habit. However, while conversing with another person when we wish to refer to a third person we take his personal name or specific rank/office held by him. Here the Messenger is directly being addressed by Allah-the Exalted by a name that reflects his attribute/behavior/habit.
Active Participial Definite; singular; masculine; nominative; . A person, who covers himself above his clothes with unsown cloth. ?? is the cloth taken over the dress, like the one the Messenger was asked to advise believing women to cover their ?zeenat, bosoms? which are raised above their body/chest so that their visibility diminishes. It refers to a person who exercises care and remains vigilant.
Dress is human's distinction. It is symbol of honor, dignity and sanctity. Human body, whether of a man or woman, has its own sanctity and privacy.
"And We have made/prescribed night as/like garment "{Refer7810}
Dress is like the night, which spreads darkness and makes the things non-visible, obscure. Any dress that makes the contours/figure more prominent, does not qualify to be called dress. The dress is stitched one, which is worn on the body. However, the stitched dress may not hide those parts of the body that are raised above the skin, which serve as secondary distinction/identification of sex/gender of human beings. Any thing which is raised above the ground level is called , evident, visible, conspicuously perceivable; outer and upper portion of anything. My Lord, the Last Messenger was advised to direct women
"And nor they should expose/make eminent/noticeable their attraction except that out of it which has naturally become evident/raised above the surface. And for this they should draw barrier/distance their surfaced bosoms to obscure with their unsown sheets upon their chests."
Knowledge and wisdom { } are hidden. It is reflected in individual?s actions, behavior, attitude and conduct. Careful attitude reflects ?Haya?. ?? demands vigilance and carefulness in every moment of life to avoid any situation that could cause ashamed/abashed. At any point of time, we cannot claim that we know the universe and our own bodies. ??, chaste with all its manifestations demands alertness at every moment. The sanctity of private parts (genitalia) of human body, male and female, demands that it should not come into the vision of others. Nevertheless, during sleep man is unmindful of some activities of its private parts. Things are visually noticeable when rose above ground (ر even if they are covered with dress. The human male has pudendum which can become (ر raised/evident above the ground/body. What is the relation of covering one self during sleep in ?? with carefulness/?
What is so special in the habit of sleeping in a state that body is covered by an additional sheet of cloth/garment/blanket? Human body, whether of a man or woman, has its own sanctity and privacy.
?The penis has two states, flaccid and erect. The difference between the two depends on the filling of the penile chambers with blood up to the level of pressure in the major arteries of the body. If not sexually active, normal men are flaccid about 23 hours of the day; with approximately one aggregate hour of erection occurring during a part of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Men average four or five REM erections a night, each lasting about 15 minutes. The cause and function of these erections are not known; the frequency of REM erections usually diminishes with age? (With thanks from Microsoft? Encarta? Reference Library 2003).We know that the majority of men even today are not aware of this fact that they have stiff erection about four times during the sleep each having a duration of 15 minutes, but quite many know that in the early hour of the morning their organ gets erected without their consent/desire. How many of us taken care that it could be noticed by others around us who are not asleep? Private part is private; its dimensions should not come into the sight/vision of others. Carefulness and chastity demand that we must sleep under the cover of unstitched cloth/sheet [}} to secure sanctity and dignity of our private part.