| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An-Nur Verse 31 (24:31:61) | عَوْرَاتِ | عورات | ‘avrâti | private aspects | ع و ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard(2984) their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments(2985) except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband´s fathers, their sons, their husbands´ sons, their brothers or their brothers´ sons, or their sisters´ sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments.(2986) And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.(2987)* | |||||
| 2 | An-Nur Verse 58 (24:58:30) | عَوْرَاتٍ | عورات | ‘avrâtin | (are) times of privacy | ع و ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe!(3033) Let those whom your right hands(3034) possess, and the (children) among you who have not come of age(3035) ask your permission (before they come to your presence), on three occasions: before morning prayer; the while ye doff your clothes for the noonday heat; and after the latenight prayer: these are your three times(3036) of undress: outside those times it is not wrong for you or for them to move about attending to each other: Thus does Allah make clear the Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Ahzab Verse 13 (33:13:19) | عَوْرَةٌ | عورة | ‘avratun | (are) exposed | ع و ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! A party among them said: "Ye men of Yathrib! ye cannot stand (the attack)! therefore go back!" And a band of them ask for leave of the Prophet, saying, "Truly our houses(3684) are bare and exposed," though they were not exposed they intended nothing but to run away.* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Ahzab Verse 13 (33:13:22) | بِعَوْرَةٍۜ | بعورة | bi-’avra(tin) | (were) exposed | ع و ر |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! A party among them said: "Ye men of Yathrib! ye cannot stand (the attack)! therefore go back!" And a band of them ask for leave of the Prophet, saying, "Truly our houses(3684) are bare and exposed," though they were not exposed they intended nothing but to run away.* | |||||