—and then the act of fornication occurs. May Allah protect us. For this reason people say, “The glance is the courier of adultery,” meaning that it invites a person to it. Hence Allah commanded the lowering of the gaze and said, “He knows the stealthy glance of the eyes and what the hearts conceal” (Q 40:19). The phrase “the stealthy glance of the eyes” refers to a furtive look snatched in secret, one so discreet that no one else notices it.