وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا عَرَّضْتُم بِهِۦ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ أَوْ أَكْنَنتُمْ فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ سَتَذْكُرُونَهُنَّ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِرًّا إِلَّآ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا۟ عُقْدَةَ ٱلنِّكَاحِ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ أَجَلَهُۥ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ فَٱحْذَرُوهُ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ
Quran glossary · draft
خِطْبَة
marriage proposal
A stated or alluded intention to enter a marriage bond.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: خطب
Lemmas: خطبة
Forms: خِطْبَةِ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
All 12 occurrences were compared. Form III directly addresses another; خِطَاب profiles the resulting discourse or claim; خَطْب marks the consequential matter about which someone is questioned; and خِطْبَة brings a marriage intention into stated consideration. The exact force of فَصْلَ الْخِطَاب at 38:20 remains a segment-linked review question. No collision or aligned reading divergence is present.