Quran glossary · draft

ٱلْأَيَامَىٰ

unmarried person

The plural denotes unmarried members of the community whom the addressees are commanded to marry off.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: أيم

Lemmas: أيامى

Forms: أَيَٰمَىٰ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

24:32

وَأَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْأَيَٰمَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَآئِكُمْ إِن يَكُونُوا۟ فُقَرَآءَ يُغْنِهِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole family occurrence was reviewed on one bounded page; it is the only frozen target, with no protected records or compacted candidates. Quran 24:32 commands the community to arrange marriage for ٱلْأَيَامَىٰ among them, then coordinates suitable male and female dependents. The conservative core 'unmarried person' does not narrow the group by sex or earlier marital history. The target is the definite broken plural accusative object of أَنكِحُوا. No aligned reading payload, counterexample, or unresolved issue is present.