Quran 24:60 — An-Noor, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
No blame will be attached to elderly women who are not hoping for sex, if they take off their outer garments without flaunting their charms, but it is preferable for them not to do this: God is all hearing, all seeing.
وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ اللَّاتِي لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَاتٍ بِزِينَةٍ ۖ وَأَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَهُنَّ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
wal-qawāʿidu mina l-nisāi allātī lā yarjūna nikāḥan falaysa ʿalayhinna junāḥun an yaḍaʿna thiyābahunna ghayra mutabarrijātin bizīnatin wa-an yastaʿfif'na khayrun lahunna wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Such women as are past child- bearing and have no hope of marriage -- there is no fault in them that they put off their clothes, so be it that they flaunt no ornament; but to abstain is better for them; and God is All-hearing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [know that] women advanced in years, who no longer feel any sexual desire, incur no sin if they discard their [outer] garments, provided they do not aim at a showy display of [their] charms. But [even so,] it is better for them to abstain [from this]: and God is all-hearing, all-knowing.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُwal-qawāʿidu | And postmenopausal | قعد |
| 2 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 3 | ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāi | the women | نسو |
| 4 | ٱلَّـٰتِىallātī | who | — |
| 5 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 6 | يَرْجُونَyarjūna | have desire | رجو |
| 7 | نِكَاحًۭاnikāḥan | (for) marriage | نكح |
| 8 | فَلَيْسَfalaysa | then not is | ليس |
| 9 | عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinna | on them | — |
| 10 | جُنَاحٌjunāḥun | any blame | جنح |
| 11 | أَنan | that | — |
| 12 | يَضَعْنَyaḍaʿna | they put aside | وضع |
| 13 | ثِيَابَهُنَّthiyābahunna | their (outer) garments | ثوب |
| 14 | غَيْرَghayra | not | غير |
| 15 | مُتَبَرِّجَـٰتٍۭmutabarrijātin | displaying | برج |
| 16 | بِزِينَةٍۢ ۖbizīnatin | their adornment | زين |
| 17 | وَأَنwa-an | And that | — |
| 18 | يَسْتَعْفِفْنَyastaʿfif'na | they modestly refrain | عفف |
| 19 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 20 | لَّهُنَّ ۗlahunna | for them | — |
| 21 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 22 | سَمِيعٌsamīʿun | (is) All-Hearer | سمع |
| 23 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | All-Knower | علم |