The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 378
CH. 24 AN-NUR PT. 18 وَالْقَوَاعِدُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ الَّتِي لَا يَرْجُونَ As to elderly women, who. 61 have no desire for marriage- نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحَ أَنْ يَضَعُنَ there is no blame on them if ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجُتٍ بِزِينَةِ وَانْ they lay aside their outer clothing without displaying يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُنَّ وَاللهُ سَمِيعٌ their beauty. But to abstain from عليم that even is better for them. And Allah is All-Hearing, All- Knowing. 2635 لَيْسَ عَلَى الْأَعْلَى حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى There is no harm for the. 62 blind, and there is no harm for الْأَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْمَرِيضِ the lame, and there is no harm حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ أَبَا بِكُمْ أَو بُيُور for the sick and none for yourselves, that you eat from your own houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of أُمَّهُتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اِخْوَانِكُمْ اَوْبُيُوتِ your mothers, or the houses of your brothers, or the houses of أَخَوَتِكُمُ أَو بُيُوتِ أَعَامِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ your sisters, or the houses of عَمَّتِكُمْ أَوْ بُيُوتِ اَخْوَالِكُمْ أَوْبُيُوتِ your fathers' brothers, or the houses of your fathers' sisters, خُلتِكُمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكْتُمْ مَّفَاتِحَة أَو or the houses of your mothers (i) those persons who have been | discharge or to have a husband; an mentioned in v. 28 above; امرأة قاعد. or | old woman, advanced in years ie. a pregnant woman امرأة حامل ii) those who have attained puberty is like) before them. 2635. Important Words: elderly women) is the plural of) قواعد is active قاعد and وقاعدة and قاعد participle from which means, he ceased to bear children or to have the (Mufradāt, Aqrab & Lane). Commentary: The verse shows that even old women are not allowed to display beauty of their person and form or countenance to strangers. In the she their finery or ornaments and the. . . قعدت عن الولد او الحيض sat. They say ,means تعدت الامرأة menstrual discharge is ان the particle ان يضعن ثيابهن expression | قاعد. the woman lost her husband means, a woman who has ceased to and the meaning, is their laying bear children or to have the menstrual | aside their clothing. 2292