Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:60

24:60

وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّـٰتِى لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَن يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَـٰتٍۭ بِزِينَةٍ ۖ وَأَن يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ 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

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُwal-qawāʿiduAnd postmenopausal
مِنَminaamong
ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women
ٱلَّـٰتِىallātīwho
لَاlā(do) not
يَرْجُونَyarjūnahave desire
نِكَاحًۭاnikāḥan(for) marriage
فَلَيْسَfalaysathen not is
عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaon them
جُنَاحٌjunāḥunany blame
أَنanthat
يَضَعْنَyaḍaʿnathey put aside
ثِيَابَهُنَّthiyābahunnatheir (outer) garments
غَيْرَghayranot
مُتَبَرِّجَـٰتٍۭmutabarrijātindisplaying
بِزِينَةٍۢۖbizīnatintheir adornment
وَأَنwa-anAnd that
يَسْتَعْفِفْنَyastaʿfif'nathey modestly refrain
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
لَّهُنَّۗlahunnafor them
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knower