Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:27

24:27

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ بُيُوتِكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تَسْتَأْنِسُوا۟ وَتُسَلِّمُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tadkhulū buyūtan ghayra buyūtikum ḥattā tastanisū watusallimū ʿalā ahlihā dhālikum khayrun lakum laʿallakum tadhakkarūna

O you who have believed, do not enter houses other than your own houses until you ascertain welcome and greet their inhabitants. That is best for you; perhaps you will be reminded [i.e., advised].

— Saheeh International

Believers, do not enter other people’s houses until you have asked permission to do so and greeted those inside- that is best for you: perhaps you will bear this in mind.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until you have asked permission and greeted those in them; that is better for you, in order that you may remember.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَاlā(Do) not
تَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūenter
بُيُوتًاbuyūtanhouses
غَيْرَghayraother (than)
بُيُوتِكُمْbuyūtikumyour houses
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تَسْتَأْنِسُوا۟tastanisūyou have asked permission
وَتُسَلِّمُوا۟watusallimūand you have greeted
عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
أَهْلِهَاۚahlihāits inhabitants
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) best
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnapay heed