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مُحْصَنَة

muḥ'ṣanātin

(They should be) chaste

(ঐসব দাসীদেরকে যারা) সচ্চরিত্রা

Root letters: ح ص نAppears 8 times in the Qur'an#1,003 most frequentPassive participle (ism mafʿūl)Verb form IV
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About this word

Passive participle (ism mafʿūl)Verb form IVRoot letters: ح ص ن

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Plural (jamʿ)مُحْصَنَـٰتٍ8 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِthe free chastel-muḥ'ṣanāti · 4 times
  • وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُAnd the chaste womenwal-muḥ'ṣanātu · 2 times
  • ۞ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُAnd (prohibited are) the ones who are marriedwal-muḥ'ṣanātu · 1 times
  • مُحْصَنَـٰتٍ(They should be) chastemuḥ'ṣanātin · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ح ص ن — know one root, recognise many words.

  • أَحْصَنَتْguardedরক্ষা করেছিলো
  • مُحْصِنdesiring to be chasteবিবাহবন্ধনে আবদ্ধ হবে (হিসেবে)
  • تَحَصُّنchastityসতীত্ব রক্ষা করতে
  • حُصُونtheir fortressesতাদের দুর্গগুলো
  • مُحَصَّنَةfortifiedদুর্গ পরিবেষ্টিত

Examples from the Qur'an

Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment

Surah 24:23 — Read full ayah

And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient,

Surah 24:4 — Read full ayah

And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess. [This is] the decree of Allāh upon you. And lawful to you are [all others] beyond these, [provided] that you seek them [in marriage] with [gifts from] your property, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse. So for whatever you enjoy [of marriage] from them, give them their due compensation as an obligation. And there is no blame upon you for what you mutually agree to beyond the obligation. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.

Surah 4:24 — Read full ayah