Does 'Covering' Really Imply a Cloth?
Question
In regards to your answer on head-covering, couldn't it
be that 'head-covering' refer to our hair? Then, can't it imply "women's
hair covering their chest"?
Response
The word used in the verse for head-covering is 'khumur'
(خُمُر),
which is plural of 'khimaar' (خِمار). This word referred
to a particular kind of cloth that was used by Arab women at the time of
the prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Quran, while referring to that cloth, has
further said that it be used to cover the chests too. This word is more
appropriately translated as "a veil" by scholars, and to take it out to
mean anything other than a cloth would be an incorrect
understanding of this word.
