Ummu Amatullah
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I have read in multiple sources that the term "hijab" is in the Quran a few times, but is not defined as it is today.

Sister if I do recall and please correct me if I'm wrong,but you do live in Minnesota right?As you probably know Minnesota has a very large Somali and Arab population,so if you go to any of the different masjids and observe the jilbab the sisters wear.Then you'll recognize that the Somali and Arab sisters have their own different ways of wearing the jilbab.The Somali sisters wear a big,hard built nicely decorated Jilbab,while the Arab sisters wear the Abaya and what not.Both sisters from each side have approached many sheiks asking them which version of the jilbab was the right version of the jilbab.The Sheiks always agreed with the Somali sisters since their jilbab was closest to the discription of how the jilbab should be.
The Ayah:"(to draw their Jalabib over their bodies.)."
This Ayah when explained by Ibn Kathir said, "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."
The different cultures interpretted this Ayah in different ways and took it as that,but sister I would just like to point out to you that "Jilbab isn't only used for the covering worn over the Muslim females body,but along with that Jilbab comes the jilbab of the eyes,heart,intentions,and behavior.