Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:28

24:28

فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا۟ فِيهَآ أَحَدًا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِن قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱرْجِعُوا۟ فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۖ هُوَ أَزْكَىٰ لَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ

fa-in lam tajidū fīhā aḥadan falā tadkhulūhā ḥattā yu'dhana lakum wa-in qīla lakumu ir'jiʿū fa-ir'jiʿū huwa azkā lakum wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīmun

And if you do not find anyone therein, do not enter them until permission has been given you. And if it is said to you, "Go back," then go back; it is purer for you. And Allāh is Knowing of what you do.

— Saheeh International

If you find no one in, do not enter unless you have been given permission to do so. If you are told, ‘Go away’, then do so- that is more proper for you. God knows well what you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if you find no one therein, still, enter not until permission has been given. And if you are asked to go back, go back, for it is purer for you. And Allâh is All-Knower of what you do.

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

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Word by Word

فَإِنfa-inBut if
لَّمْlamnot
تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou find
فِيهَآfīhāin it
أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone
فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
تَدْخُلُوهَاtadkhulūhāenter it
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُؤْذَنَyu'dhanapermission has been given
لَكُمْۖlakumto you
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَكُمُlakumuto you
ٱرْجِعُوا۟ir'jiʿūGo back
فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ۖfa-ir'jiʿūthen go back
هُوَhuwait
أَزْكَىٰazkā(is) purer
لَكُمْۚlakumfor you
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower