The Holy Quran 7:31 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

۞ يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Translation

O children of Aadam! Adopt your (clothing of) beauty (dress well) at every place of salaah (whenever you perform salaah). Eat, drink (what is Halaal without being greedy) but do not waste (do not be extravagant) for indeed He (Allaah) does not like those who waste.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The need for and importance of clothing: these verses were revealed in refutation of those people who used to perform tawaf (circumambulation) of the Kaaba naked and regarded it as a great act of nearness [to Allah] and piety. And some of the people of the Jahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic age of ignorance)

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