I would not like to go in long debate but at this time I would like to clear some misconceptions.
I read this as asking the women to cover their breasts ( adornments ). I agree with that.
What adornments can be exposed to males other than husbands?
I will clear concept regarding adornment:
Definition of
adornment
noun
a thing that adorns or decorates; an ornament:the necktie is no longer a necessary male adornment
the action of adorning something:precious stones have been used for the purposes of adornment for over 7,000 years
Definition of adornment in Oxford Dictionaries (US English)
and not to show off their adornment except that which is apparent,
means, they should not show anything of their adornment to non-
Mahram men except for whatever it is impossible to hide.
Ibn Mas`ud said:
"Such as clothes and outer garments,''
Meaning what the Arab women used to wear of the veil which covered their clothes and whatever showed from underneath the outer garment. There is no blame on her for this, because this is something that she cannot conceal. Similar to that is what appears of her lower garment and what she cannot conceal.
Al-Hasan, Ibn Sirin, Abu Al-Jawza', Ibrahim An-Nakha`i and others also had the same view as Ibn Mas`ud.
What does own by their right hands mean?
or their right hand possessions.
Ibn Jarir said, "This means from among the women of the idolators. It is permissible for a Muslim woman to reveal her adornment before such a woman, even if she is an idolatress, because she is her slave-girl.''
Quran Surah (Sura) Nur (Noor) Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Arabic English, HTMl, PDF, with Recitation By Said Al Ghamdi MP3, Free Download
There is nothing here that says covering the hair with a Hijab. There is no mention of the word HIJAB in Quran or any mention of covering of the head.
O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their
Jalabib over their bodies.
Here Allah tells His Messenger to command the believing women -- especially his wives and daughters, because of their position of honor -- to draw their
Jilbabs over their bodies, so that they will be distinct in their appearance from the women of the
Jahiliyyah and from slave women.
The
Jilbab is a
Rida', worn over the
Khimar.
This was the view of Ibn Mas`ud, Ubaydah, Qatadah, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, Ata' Al-Khurasani and others.
It is like the
Izar used today.
Al-Jawhari said:
"The
Jilbab is the outer wrapper."
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas said that; Allah commanded the believing women, when they went out of their houses for some need, to cover their faces from above their heads with the
Jilbab, leaving only one eye showing.
Muhammad bin Sirin said, "I asked Ubaydah As-Salmani about the Ayah: (to draw their
Jalabib over their bodies). He covered his face and head, with just his left eye showing.''
That will be better that they should be known so as not to be annoyed.
means, if they do that, it will be known that they are free, and that they are not servants or ******.
Quran Surah (Sura) Ahzab Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Arabic English, HTMl, PDF, with Recitation By Said Al Ghamdi MP3, Free Download