Discover the meaning of the word Bosom / Neckline (جيب) in the Quran, with 3 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
جيب
Bosom / Neckline
Root: ج - ب
Creed (aqida) 3 verses
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Definition of Bosom / Neckline
Allah says: 'And let them draw their veils over their chests (juyûbihinna)' (An-Nûr: 31).
Juyûb is the plural of 'jayb' (the opening of the garment, the chest).
This verse prescribes that women cover their chests with their veils, completing the prescription of modesty.
And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
And put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."
Insert your hand into the opening of your garment; it will come out white, without disease. And draw in your arm close to you [as prevention] from fear, for those are two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his establishment. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."