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Modest Kat

Discover the importance of believing katz to lower their gaze and guard their modesty in this insightful article.

Written byRazib Khan
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"And say to the believing katz that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their fur ... " [24:31]

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