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[quote]Well Quran does not ask a woman to cover her head. 
&quot;Khimar&quot; is an Arabic word that means, cover, any cover, a curtain is a Khimar, a dress is a Khimar, a table cloth that covers the top of a table is a Khimar, a blanket can be used as a Khimar..etc. The word KHAMRA used for intoxicant in Arabic has the same root with Khimar, because both covers, the Khimar covers (a window, a body, a table . . . etc.) while KHAMRA covers the state of mind. 
In 24:31 God is asking the women to use their cover (khimar)( being a dress, a coat, a shawl, a shirt, a blouse, a tie, a scarf . . . etc.) to cover their bosoms, not their heads or their hairs. If God so willed to order the women to cover their heads or their hair, God would have simply said (COVER YOUR HAIR).  God is neither vague nor forgetful!  GOD does not run out of words.  God DID NOT order the women to cover their heads or their hair. 
God does not wait for a Scholar to put the correct words for Him! 
The Arabic word for CHEST, GAYB is in the verse (24:31), but the Arabic words for HEAD, (RAAS) or HAIR, (SHAAR) are NOT in the verse. The commandment in the verse is clear - COVER YOUR CHEST OR BOSOMS.

For example that older Muslim women who are &quot;past the prospect of marriage&quot; are not required to wear &quot;the outer garment&quot;. Surah 24: An-Nur, Aya 60 reads:
Such elderly women as are past the prospect of marriage,- there is no blame on them if they lay aside their (outer) garments, provided they make not a wanton display of their beauty: but it is best for them to be modest: and Allah is One Who sees and knows all things.
God here has allowed older women to discard their outer garments but he has also explained that he wishes them to continue to cover as this the way to be modest. 
            There has never been any doubt left in the Quran.  He also lets  us know what he wishes.
I agree if God wished or wanted women to cover their head or hair he would have said so, not let us conclude.[/quote]

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