An-Nur: 30

Ayah

Word by Word

قُل

Say

لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

to the believing men

يَغُضُّواْ

they should lower

مِنۡ

their gaze

أَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ

their gaze

وَيَحۡفَظُواْ

and they should guard

فُرُوجَهُمۡۚ

their chastity

ذَٰلِكَ

That

أَزۡكَىٰ

(is) purer

لَهُمۡۚ

for them

إِنَّ

Indeed

ٱللَّهَ

Allah

خَبِيرُۢ

(is) All-Aware

بِمَا

of what

يَصۡنَعُونَ

they do

Translation

Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.

Tafsir

The Command to lower the Gaze

This is a command from Allah to His believing servants, to lower their gaze from looking at things that have been prohibited for them. They should look only at what is permissible for them to look at, and lower their gaze from forbidden things. If it so happens that a person's gaze unintentionally falls upon something forbidden, he should quickly look away.

Muslim recorded in his Sahih that Jarir bin Abdullah Al-Bajali, may Allah be pleased with him, said,

I asked the Prophet about the sudden glance, and he commanded me to turn my gaze away.

In the Sahih it is narrated that Abu Sa`id said that the Messenger of Allah said:

إِيَّاكُمۡ وَالۡجُلُوسَ عَلَى الطُّرُقَاتِ

Beware of sitting in the streets.

They said, O Messenger of Allah, we have no alternative but to sit in the streets to converse with one another.

The Messenger of Allah said:

إِنۡ أَبَيۡتُمۡ فَأَعۡطُوا الطَّرِيقَ حَقَّهُ

If you insist, then give the street its rights.

They asked, What are the rights of the street, O Messenger of Allah!

He said,

غَضُّ الۡبَصَرِ وَكَفُّ الاَۡذَى وَرَدُّ السَّلَمِ وَالاَۡمۡرُ بِالۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَالنَّهۡيُ عَنِ الۡمُنۡكَرِ

Lower your gaze,

return the greeting of Salam,

enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil.

Abu Al-Qasim Al-Baghawi recorded that Abu Umamah said,

I heard the Messenger of Allah say:

اكۡفُلُوا لِي سِتًّا أَكۡفُلۡ لَكُمۡ بِالۡجَنَّةِ

إِذَا حَدَّث أَحَدُكُمۡ فَلَ يَكۡذِبۡ

وَإِذَا ايۡتُمِنَ فَلَإ يَخُنۡ

وَإِذَا وَعَدَ فَلَإ يُخۡلِفۡ

وَغُضُّوا أَبۡصَارَكُمۡ

وَكُفُّوا أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ

وَاحۡفَظُوا فُرُوجَكُمۡ

Guarantee me six things and I will guarantee you Paradise:

when any one of you speaks, he should not lie;

if he is entrusted with something, he should not betray that trust;

if he makes a promise, he should not break it;

lower your gaze;

restrain your hands; and

protect your private parts.

Since looking provokes the heart to evil, Allah commanded (the believers) to protect their private parts just as he commanded them to protect their gaze which can lead to that.

So He said:

قُل لِّلۡمُوۡمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنۡ أَبۡصَارِهِمۡ وَيَحۡفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمۡ

Tell the believing men to lower their gaze, and protect their private parts.

Sometimes protecting the private parts may involve keeping them from committing Zina, as Allah says:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَـفِظُونَ

And those who guard their chastity. (23:5)

Sometimes it may involve not looking at certain things, as in the Hadith in Musnad Ahmad and the Sunan:

احۡفَظۡ عَوۡرَتَكَ إِلاَّ مِنۡ زَوۡجَتِكَ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ يَمِينُكَ

Guard your private parts except from your wife and those whom your right hands possess.

ذَلِكَ أَزۡكَى لَهُمۡ

That is purer for them.

means, it is purer for their hearts and better for their commitment to religion, as it was said:

Whoever protects his gaze, Allah will illuminate his understanding, or his heart.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصۡنَعُونَ

Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what they do.

This is like the Ayah :

يَعۡلَمُ خَأيِنَةَ الاٌّعۡيُنِ وَمَا تُخۡفِى الصُّدُورُ

Allah knows the fraud of the eyes and all that the breasts conceal. (40:19)

In the Sahih it is recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah said:

كُتِبَ عَلَى ابۡنِ ادَمَ حَظُّهُ مِنَ الزِّنَا أَدۡرَكَ ذَلِكَ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَزِنَا الۡعَيۡنَيۡنِ النَّظَرُ وَزِنَا اللِّسَانِ النُّطۡقُ وَزِنَا الاُۡذُنَيۡنِ الاۡسۡتِمَاعُ وَزِنَا الۡيَدَيۡنِ الۡبَطۡشُ وَزِنَا الرِّجۡلَيۡنِ الۡخُطَى وَالنَّفۡسُ تَمَنَّى وَتَشۡتَهِي وَالۡفَرۡجُ يُصَدِّقُ ذَلِكَ أَوۡ يُكَذِّبُهُ

The son of Adam has his share of Zina decreed for him, and he will commit that which has been decreed.

The Zina of the eyes is looking;

the Zina of the tongue is speaking;

the Zina of the ears is listening;

the Zina of the hands is striking; and

the Zina of the feet is walking.

The soul wishes and desires, and the private parts confirm or deny that.

It was recorded by Al-Bukhari without a complete chain.

Muslim recorded a similar report with a different chain of narration.

Many of the Salaf said,

They used to forbid men from staring at beardless handsome boys.

An-Nur: 30

Bantu Learn Quran Tafsir

untuk

Terus Hidup Memberi Manfaat

Assalamu'alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Semoga Anda selalu berada dalam keberkahan dan perlindungan Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Sejak dirilis pada 2018, Learn Quran Tafsir telah dikunjungi lebih dari 1 juta kali dan mendapatkan infaq lebih dari 1000 donatur yang berbeda. Kami mengucapkan terima kasih yang sebesar-besarnya, semoga Allah membalas kebaikan Anda semua.

Dari seluruh pengguna yang berdonasi, rata-rata donasi adalah sekitar 400.000 rupiah. Donasi sebesar 10.000 rupiah setiap bulan per pengguna akan cukup untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pengembangan produk setiap bulan. Donasi Anda akan digunakan untuk perpanjangan server, serta upaya kami dalam menambah tafsir, mempercanggih fitur pencarian, membuat aplikasi iOS, dan menambah kualitas pengalaman pengguna demi mendekatkan umat dengan tafsir Al-Qur'an.

Learn Quran Tafsir bercita-cita untuk menjadi solusi terbaik umat dalam mempelajari tafsir Al-Qur'an. Demi mempermudah kita dalam mengamalkan surat An-Nahl ayat 68 bahwa Al-Qur'an menjelaskan segala sesuatu. Kami membutuhkan bantuan Anda untuk mendekatkan masyarakat dengan tafsir Al-Qur'an.

Jazakumullah khayran katsiran. Hanya Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala yang dapat membalas kebaikan Anda.

Denny Yusuf, Ketua Yayasan Learn Quran

Terima kasih

Dukung Kami

(427) 761653598300

a.n. Learn Quran