[1208]- It is permissible for a woman to appear before these people without complete covering and to be alone with them. The brothers of both parents (uncles) are included as "fathers" or "parents," according to ḥadīth.
[1209]- The jilbāb, which is defined as a cloak covering the head and reaching to the ground, thereby covering the woman's entire body.
[1210]- As chaste believing women.
[1211]- Or "and Allāh was Forgiving and Merciful" of what occurred before this injunction or before knowledge of it.
[1212]- Referring here to those who commit adultery or fornication.