سُوْرَةُ النُّوْرِ
Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 60
وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّـٰتِى لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَن يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَـٰتٍۭ بِزِينَةٍ ۖ وَأَن يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿60﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And as for women past child-bearing who do not expect wed-lock, it is no sin on them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as not to show their adornment. But to refrain (i.e. not to discard their outer clothing) is better for them. And Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُ
wal-qawāʿidu
And postmenopausal
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
l-nisāi
the women
ٱلَّـٰتِى
allātī
who
لَا
lā
(do) not
يَرْجُونَ
yarjūna
have desire
نِكَاحًۭا
nikāḥan
(for) marriage
فَلَيْسَ
falaysa
then not is
عَلَيْهِنَّ
ʿalayhinna
on them
جُنَاحٌ
junāḥun
any blame
أَن
an
that
يَضَعْنَ
yaḍaʿna
they put aside
ثِيَابَهُنَّ
thiyābahunna
their (outer) garments
غَيْرَ
ghayra
not
مُتَبَرِّجَـٰتٍۭ
mutabarrijātin
displaying
بِزِينَةٍۢ ۖ
bizīnatin
their adornment
وَأَن
wa-an
And that
يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ
yastaʿfif'na
they modestly refrain
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
(is) better
لَّهُنَّ ۗ
lahunna
for them
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
سَمِيعٌ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearer
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
All-Knower
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
60-1. By these are meant those elderly and past their prime women who have stopped menstruating and are no longer capable of childbirth. At this age, generally, the natural sexual attraction that a woman has for a man ends; neither does she desire to marry any man, nor do men have such feelings for them. Such women have been permitted a relaxation in covering—“remove their outer garments” refers to the large sheet or burqa, etc., that a woman wears over her shalwar kameez for the purpose of covering, provided that the intention is not to display their adornment and beautification. This means that if a woman, despite having lost her sexual attraction, is afflicted with the desire to highlight her sexuality through adornment and beautification, then she will be excluded from this relaxation in covering, and complete covering will be necessary for her.
60-2. That is, even the aforementioned elderly women, if they do not avail themselves of the relaxation in covering and continue to use the large sheet or burqa as before, then this is better for them.
60-2. That is, even the aforementioned elderly women, if they do not avail themselves of the relaxation in covering and continue to use the large sheet or burqa as before, then this is better for them.
