Baligh
In Islamic legal terminology, bāligh (Arabic: بالغ, adult) or mukallāf (Arabic: مكلف, responsible) or muhallāq (Arabic: محلاق, tendril, mentally matured) or murāhiq (Arabic: مراهق, adolescent) or muhtalim (Arabic: محتلم, pubescent) refers to someone who has reached maturity or puberty, and has full responsibility under Islamic law. == Quran == The Qur'an refers to puberty in verses 6:152; 12:22; 17:34; 18:82: 22:5; 28:14; 40:67: 46:15 and 3 times in chapter 24 An-Nur (31, 58, 59), where reference is made to a prepubescent child's unawareness of sexual matters, which allows him or her to be with an adult whose state of dress would preclude more mature individuals from being present.