# Elif-Ye-Mim — ايم (Aym)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Aym

- **Meaning:** To be unmarried, single/widowed/divorced, one who lives in celibacy.
- **Derived forms:** أَيَٰمَىٰ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَيَـٰمَىٰ — l-ayāmā · "the single"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاَنْكِحُوا الْاَيَامٰى مِنْكُمْ وَالصَّالِح۪ينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَاِمَٓائِكُمْۜ اِنْ يَكُونُوا فُقَـرَٓاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۜ  وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Waankihoo al-ayamaminkum wassaliheena min AAibadikumwa-ima-ikum in yakoonoo fuqaraa yughnihimu Allahumin fadlihi wallahu wasiAAun AAaleem

And give in marriage the unmarried among you, and the righteous among your male slaves and your female slaves; if they be poor, God will enrich them out of His bounty; and God is encompassing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-32.md_

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