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 [green] The word used for 'head covering' in this ayat is 'Khumr'. In Arabic this word is specifically and only used for the head covering cloth. If God did not mean to direct towards the observance of head covering, usage of such a word seems unnecessary and a cause for confusion, charateristics that the word of God certainly do not possess.
The fact that this word is used and no other is in itself a pointer towards head covering[/green]

[green]I agree the Quran presupposes an intelligent reader, then this aspect of language was enough rather than a discourse about the issue. [/green]

Will you please see my response which I have written in the above message regarding why this word has been used? Of course, we can discuss it further.

[green]The women of those times, before the advent of Islam, used to cover their head and let the rest of the cloth trail behind [/green]

I agree that head covering was in vogue in pre-Islam Arabia.

[green] Thus firstly there was no need to directly say 'cover your heads' or something to that effect but what was needed was to rectify the practice and the way this ayat is pronounced does just that. It presupposed the head covering and tells the women to cover their chests with it as well. [/green]

[green] With a practice corrupted, Quran usually only pointed to the parts of it that had been corrupted. Like its tells the Jews to offer 'Ruku', since bowing was a practice that they had given up in praying. [/green]

And I also agree that the revelation does interfere in matters where mankind is not able or has failed to adhere to the right approach. This is exactly the point that I'd like to make. The Shari'ah has not taken up the issue of covering their heads yet it is clear that this practice should perpetuate. The Shari'ah does not talk about whether lions, horses and lizards are edibles yet we clearly know that they are not meant to be eaten. It is patently obvious that women should cover their heads. However, as long as the Shari'ah has not talked about head covering specifically, we cannot say that head covering is part of the Shari'ah. And you agree that the Shariâ€™ah has not given any explicit directive. Obviously, only an express decree includes one practice within the circle of divinely ordained practices. We do not have any right to declare something part of Shari'ah.

[green] Yes we have an innate criterion about good and evil. The need for a revealed criterion was to reaffirm that innate criterion and be a lighthouse in case of confusion or divergence. [/green]

The divergence on head covering seems to have arisen only recently. Even in Christian communities this practice has been adhered to and only recently been renounced.

Hence, just as there can be a difference of opinion on the matter of horses and donkeys, there can also be a difference on the matter of head covering. I am though certain that neither it is appropriate to eat horses nor is it appropriate to renounce head covering.

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