Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:58

24:58

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِيَسْتَـْٔذِنكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا۟ ٱلْحُلُمَ مِنكُمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مَرَّٰتٍ ۚ مِّن قَبْلِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلْفَجْرِ وَحِينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلْعِشَآءِ ۚ ثَلَـٰثُ عَوْرَٰتٍ لَّكُمْ ۚ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ جُنَاحٌۢ بَعْدَهُنَّ ۚ طَوَّٰفُونَ عَلَيْكُم بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū liyastadhinkumu alladhīna malakat aymānukum wa-alladhīna lam yablughū l-ḥuluma minkum thalātha marrātin min qabli ṣalati l-fajri waḥīna taḍaʿūna thiyābakum mina l-ẓahīrati wamin baʿdi ṣalati l-ʿishāi thalāthu ʿawrātin lakum laysa ʿalaykum walā ʿalayhim junāḥun baʿdahunna ṭawwāfūna ʿalaykum baʿḍukum ʿalā baʿḍin kadhālika yubayyinu l-lahu lakumu l-āyāti wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess and those who have not [yet] reached puberty among you ask permission of you [before entering] at three times: before the dawn prayer and when you put aside your clothing [for rest] at noon and after the night prayer. [These are] three times of privacy for you. There is no blame upon you nor upon them beyond these [periods], for they continually circulate among you - some of you, among others. Thus does Allāh make clear to you the verses [i.e., His ordinances]; and Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

— Saheeh International

Believers, your slaves and any who have not yet reached puberty should ask your permission to come in at three times of day: before the dawn prayer; when you lay your garments aside in the midday heat; and after the evening prayer. These are your three times for privacy; at other times, there is no blame on you or them if you move around each other freely. In this way God makes messages clear: God is all knowing, all wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Let your slaves and slave-girls, and those among you who have not come to the age of puberty ask your permission (before they come to your presence) on three occasions: before Fajr (morning) Salât (prayer), and while you put off your clothes for the noonday (rest), and after the ‘Ishâ’ (late-night) Salât (prayer). (These) three times are of privacy for you; other than these times there is no sin on you or on them to move about, attending to each other. Thus Allâh makes clear the Ayât (the Verses of this Qur’ân, showing proofs for the legal aspects of permission for visits) to you. And Allâh is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
لِيَسْتَـْٔذِنكُمُliyastadhinkumuLet ask your permission
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess
أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
لَمْlam(have) not
يَبْلُغُوا۟yablughūreached
ٱلْحُلُمَl-ḥulumapuberty
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
ثَلَـٰثَthalātha(at) three
مَرَّٰتٍۢۚmarrātintimes
مِّنminbefore
قَبْلِqablibefore
صَلَوٰةِṣalati(the) prayer
ٱلْفَجْرِl-fajri(of) dawn
وَحِينَwaḥīnaand when
تَضَعُونَtaḍaʿūnayou put aside
ثِيَابَكُمthiyābakumyour garments
مِّنَminaat
ٱلظَّهِيرَةِl-ẓahīratinoon
وَمِنۢwaminand after
بَعْدِbaʿdiand after
صَلَوٰةِṣalati(the) prayer
ٱلْعِشَآءِۚl-ʿishāi(of) night
ثَلَـٰثُthalāthu(These) three
عَوْرَٰتٍۢʿawrātin(are) times of privacy
لَّكُمْۚlakumfor you
لَيْسَlaysaNot
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
وَلَاwalāand not
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them
جُنَاحٌۢjunāḥunany blame
بَعْدَهُنَّۚbaʿdahunnaafter that
طَوَّٰفُونَṭawwāfūna(as) moving about
عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumamong you
بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you
عَلَىٰʿalāamong
بَعْضٍۢۚbaʿḍinothers
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يُبَيِّنُyubayyinuAllah makes clear
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah makes clear
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِۗl-āyātithe Verses
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise