Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:29

24:29

لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ فِيهَا مَتَـٰعٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ

laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun an tadkhulū buyūtan ghayra maskūnatin fīhā matāʿun lakum wal-lahu yaʿlamu mā tub'dūna wamā taktumūna

There is no blame upon you for entering houses not inhabited in which there is convenience for you. And Allāh knows what you reveal and what you conceal.

— Saheeh International

You will not be blamed for entering houses where no one lives, and which could provide you with some useful service. God knows everything you do openly and everything you conceal.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

There is no sin on you that you enter (without taking permission) houses uninhabited (i.e. not possessed by anybody), (when) you have any interest in them. And Allâh has knowledge of what you reveal and what you conceal.

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

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Word by Word

لَّيْسَlaysaNot
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
جُنَاحٌjunāḥun(is) any blame
أَنanthat
تَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūyou enter
بُيُوتًاbuyūtanhouses
غَيْرَghayranot
مَسْكُونَةٍۢmaskūnatininhabited
فِيهَاfīhāin it
مَتَـٰعٌۭmatāʿun(is) a provision
لَّكُمْۚlakumfor you
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
مَاmāwhat
تُبْدُونَtub'dūnayou reveal
وَمَاwamāand what
تَكْتُمُونَtaktumūnayou conceal