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An-Nur 60

Ayah 60 of 64 · Medinan

وَٱلۡقَوَٰعِدُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّٰتِي لَا يَرۡجُونَ نِكَاحٗا فَلَيۡسَ عَلَيۡهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَن يَضَعۡنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيۡرَ مُتَبَرِّجَٰتِۭ بِزِينَةٖۖ وَأَن يَسۡتَعۡفِفۡنَ خَيۡرٞ لَّهُنَّۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٦٠

And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage - there is no blame upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying adornment. But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلۡقَوَٰعِدُAnd postmenopausalwal-qawāʿidu
  2. مِنَamongmina
  3. ٱلنِّسَآءِthe womenl-nisāi
  4. ٱلَّٰتِيwhoallātī
  5. لَا(do) notlā
  6. يَرۡجُونَhave desireyarjūna
  7. نِكَاحٗا(for) marriagenikāḥan
  8. فَلَيۡسَthen not isfalaysa
  9. عَلَيۡهِنَّon themʿalayhinna
  10. جُنَاحٌany blamejunāḥun
  11. أَنthatan
  12. يَضَعۡنَthey put asideyaḍaʿna
  13. ثِيَابَهُنَّtheir (outer) garmentsthiyābahunna
  14. غَيۡرَnotghayra
  15. مُتَبَرِّجَٰتِۭdisplayingmutabarrijātin
  16. بِزِينَةٖۖtheir adornmentbizīnatin
  17. وَأَنAnd thatwa-an
  18. يَسۡتَعۡفِفۡنَthey modestly refrainyastaʿfif'na
  19. خَيۡرٞ(is) betterkhayrun
  20. لَّهُنَّۗfor themlahunna
  21. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  22. سَمِيعٌ(is) All-Hearersamīʿun
  23. عَلِيمٞAll-Knowerʿalīmun

Tafsir

And the elderly women that no longer experience menstruation, or can no longer give birth, nor have any desire to marry again, there is no sin upon them if they do not wear some of their outer garments i.e. overcloak and veil, as long as they do not expose the beauty they have been commanded to conceal. However, for them to wear those garments is better for them than to discard them, enhancing veiling and chastity. Allah is all-hearing of your statements; none of them are hidden from Him and He shall requit you for them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran