وَإِذَا بَلَغَ ٱلْأَطْفَٰلُ مِنكُمُ ٱلْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَـْٔذِنُوا۟ كَمَا ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
Wa idhā balagha'l-aṭfālu minkumu'l-ḥuluma fa'l-yastaʾdhinū kama'staʾdhana'lladhīna min qablihim, ka-dhālika yubayyinu'llāhu lakum āyātih, wa'llāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm
"And when your children reach puberty, let them ask leave as those before them asked leave. Thus God makes His verses clear to you. God is knowing, wise."
The fifty-eighth verse regulated the asking of leave by children at three times. The fifty-ninth announces that at a certain age this becomes general.
| The case | Leave |
|---|---|
| Before puberty | At three times |
| After puberty | Always — subject to the general ruling of 24/27 |
And the qualification kama'staʾdhana'lladhīna min qablihim — "as those before them asked leave" — is worth noting: the verse does not lay down a new ruling; it brings them into a ruling that already exists.
The fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth verses end with the same verse-ending, and there is a small difference between the two:
| Verse | Verse-ending |
|---|---|
| 58 | ka-dhālika yubayyinu'llāhu lakumu'l-āyāt |
| 59 | ka-dhālika yubayyinu'llāhu lakum āyātih |
The difference is small and I build no claim of meaning upon it; I record it only because it stands in the text.
And both these occurrences were counted in the table of the root ب-ي-ن's distribution through the sūra.