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The words of the pagans with the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

alkafi-14868Vol. 8, p. 144

أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَانُوا إِذَا مَرُّوا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَوْلَ الْبَيْتِ طَأْطَأَ أَحَدُهُمْ ظَهْرَهُ وَ رَأْسَهُ هَكَذَا وَ غَطَّى رَأْسَهُ بِثَوْبِهِ لَا يَرَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- أَلا إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ‌ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا مِنْهُ‌ أَلا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيابَهُمْ‌ يَعْلَمُ ما يُسِرُّونَ‌ وَ ما يُعْلِنُونَ‌[5].

that when the Polytheists used to pass by the Rasulallah (saww), they would incline their heads and cover their heads with their clothes so that the Rasulallah (saww) would not see (recognise) them. So Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Revealed: “Now surely they fold up their breasts that they may conceal (their enmity)

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