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An-Nur 24:60

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

As for elderly women past the age of marriage, there is no blame on them if they take off their ˹outer˺ garments, without revealing their adornments. But it is better for them if they avoid this ˹altogether˺. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Word by word

وَٱلۡقَوَٰعِدُ
wal-qawāʿidu
And postmenopausal
Vocabulary
Root: قعد
مِنَ
mina
among
Vocabulary
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
l-nisāi
the women
Vocabulary
Root: نسو
ٱلَّـٰتِي
allātī
who
Vocabulary
لَا
lā
(do) not
Vocabulary
يَرۡجُونَ
yarjūna
have desire
Vocabulary
Root: رجو
نِكَاحٗا
nikāḥan
(for) marriage
Vocabulary
Root: نكح
فَلَيۡسَ
falaysa
then not is
Vocabulary
Root: ليس
عَلَيۡهِنَّ
ʿalayhinna
on them
Vocabulary
جُنَاحٌ
junāḥun
any blame
Vocabulary
Root: جنح
أَن
an
that
Vocabulary
يَضَعۡنَ
yaḍaʿna
they put aside
Vocabulary
Root: وضع
ثِيَابَهُنَّ
thiyābahunna
their (outer) garments
Vocabulary
Root: ثوب
غَيۡرَ
ghayra
not
Vocabulary
Root: غير
مُتَبَرِّجَٰتِۭ
mutabarrijātin
displaying
Vocabulary
Root: برج
بِزِينَةٖۖ
bizīnatin
their adornment
Vocabulary
Root: زين
وَأَن
wa-an
And that
Vocabulary
يَسۡتَعۡفِفۡنَ
yastaʿfif'na
they modestly refrain
Vocabulary
Root: عفف
خَيۡرٞ
khayrun
(is) better
Vocabulary
Root: خير
لَّهُنَّۗ
lahunna
for them
Vocabulary
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
سَمِيعٌ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearer
Vocabulary
Root: سمع
عَلِيمٞ
ʿalīmun
All-Knower
Vocabulary
Root: علم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.