(of the times of) ignorance
(with thorough) purification.
And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless.
Shall We then take away the Message from you and repel (you), for that ye are a people transgressing beyond bounds?
你们应当安居于你们的家中,你们不要炫露你们的美丽,如从前蒙昧时代的妇女那样。你们应当谨守拜功,完纳天课,顺从真主及其使者。先知的家属啊!真主只欲消除你们的污秽,洗净你们的罪恶。
难道因为你们是过分的民众,我就使你们不得受教训吗?