Al-A'raf Verse 26 | 7:26

يَا بَنِيْٓ اٰدَمَ قَدْ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُّوَارِيْ سَوْاٰتِكُمْ وَرِيْشًاۗ وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوٰى ذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۗ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُوْنَ ( الأعراف: ٢٦ )

yābanī

يَٰبَنِىٓ

O Children

ādama

ءَادَمَ

(of) Adam!

qad

قَدْ

Verily

anzalnā

أَنزَلْنَا

We have sent down

ʿalaykum

عَلَيْكُمْ

to you

libāsan

لِبَاسًا

clothing

yuwārī

يُوَٰرِى

it covers

sawātikum

سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ

your shame

warīshan

وَرِيشًاۖ

and (as) an adornment

walibāsu

وَلِبَاسُ

But the clothing

l-taqwā

ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ

(of) [the] righteousness

dhālika

ذَٰلِكَ

that

khayrun

خَيْرٌۚ

(is) best

dhālika

ذَٰلِكَ

That

min

مِنْ

(is) from

āyāti

ءَايَٰتِ

(the) Signs

l-lahi

ٱللَّهِ

(of) Allah

laʿallahum

لَعَلَّهُمْ

so that they may

yadhakkarūna

يَذَّكَّرُونَ

remember

Yaa Baneee Aadama qad anzalnaa 'alaikum libaasany yuwaaree saw aatikum wa reeshanw wa libaasut taqwaa zaalika khair; zaalika min Aayaatil laahi la'allahum yaz zakkaroon (al-ʾAʿrāf 7:26)

Sahih International:

O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness – that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember. (Al-A'raf [7] : 26)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

O children of ’Ādam, We have sent down to you the dress that covers your shame and provides adornment. As for the dress of Taqwā (piety), that is the best. That is one of the signs of Allah, so that they may learn a lesson.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

O Children of Adam! We have sent down on you a garment, that is, We have created it for you, to conceal, to cover up, your shameful parts, and feathers, meaning all that one adorns oneself with of garments, and the garment of God-fearing, righteous deeds and virtuous traits (read as libsa'l-taqw, `the garment of God- fearing', as a supplement to the preceding libsan, `a garment'; or read as libsu'l-tawq as the subject, the predicate of which is the [following] sentence) that is best; that is one of God's signs, the proofs of His power; perhaps they will remember, and believe (the address shifts from the second [to the third] person).

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Bestowing Raiment and Adornment on Mankind

Allah says;

يَا بَنِي ادَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَارِي سَوْءَاتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىَ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ ذَلِكَ مِنْ ايَاتِ اللّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

O Children of Adam! We have bestowed Libas (raiment) upon you to cover yourselves with, and as Rish (adornment); and the Libas (raiment) of Taqwa, that is better. Such are among the Ayat of Allah, that they may remember.

Allah reminds His servants that He has given them Libas and Rish.
Libas refers to the clothes that are used to cover the private parts, while Rish refers to the outer adornments used for purposes of beautification. Therefore, the first type is essential while the second type is complimentary.

Ibn Jarir said that;
Rish includes furniture and outer clothes.

Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam commented on the Ayah,
وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىَ
(and the Libas (raiment) of Taqwa...),

"When one fears Allah, Allah covers his errors. Hence the `Libas of Taqwa' (that the Ayah mentions).