Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

let them ask permission [at all times]
just as those who asked permission before them.
Thus does Allah clarify His signs for you,
and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.
60 As for women advanced in years
who do not expect to marry,
there will be no sin upon them
if they put off their cloaks,
without displaying their adornment.
But it is better for them to be continent,
and Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.
61 There is no blame upon the blind,
nor any blame upon the lame,
nor any blame upon the sick,
nor upon yourselves
if you eat from your own houses,
or your fathers’ houses,
or your mothers’ houses,
or your brothers’ houses,
or your sisters’ houses,
or the houses of your paternal uncles,
or the houses of your paternal aunts,
or the houses of your maternal uncles,
or the houses of your maternal aunts,
or those whose keys are in your possession,
or those of your friends.
There will be no blame on you
whether you eat together or separately.
So when you enter houses,

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 25 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=531