Quran glossary · draft

ثَيِّبَات

previously married

Women characterized as having had a previous marriage.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: ثيب

Lemmas: ثيبة

Forms: ثَيِّبَٰتٍ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

66:5

عَسَىٰ رَبُّهُۥٓ إِن طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَن يُبْدِلَهُۥٓ أَزْوَٰجًا خَيْرًا مِّنكُنَّ مُسْلِمَٰتٍ مُّؤْمِنَٰتٍ قَٰنِتَٰتٍ تَٰٓئِبَٰتٍ عَٰبِدَٰتٍ سَٰٓئِحَٰتٍ ثَيِّبَٰتٍ وَأَبْكَارًا

Why this meaning was chosen

The single family occurrence was reviewed on one page. The feminine plural adjective ثَيِّبَات is coordinated contrastively with أَبْكَارًا, distinguishing previously married women from virgins.