Quran 24:58 — An-Noor, verse 58
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِيَسْتَأْذِنْكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحُلُمَ مِنْكُمْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ۚ مِنْ قَبْلِ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَحِينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُمْ مِنَ الظَّهِيرَةِ وَمِنْ بَعْدِ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ ۚ ثَلَاثُ عَوْرَاتٍ لَكُمْ ۚ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ جُنَاحٌ بَعْدَهُنَّ ۚ طَوَّافُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ 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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, let those your right hands own and those of you who have not reached puberty ask leave of you three times -- before the prayer of dawn, and when you put off your garments at the noon, and after the evening prayer -- three times of nakedness for you. There is no fault in you or them, apart from these, that you go about one to the other. So God makes clear to you the signs; and God is All-knowing, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! At three times [of day], let [even] those whom you rightfully possess, as well as those from among you who have not yet attained to puberty, ask leave of you [before intruding upon your privacy]: before the prayer of daybreak, and whenever you lay aside your garments in the middle of the day, and after the prayer of nightfall: the three occasions on which your nakedness is likely to be bared. Beyond these [occasions], neither you nor they will incur any sin if they move [freely] about you, attending to [the needs of] one another. In this way God makes clear unto you His messages: for God is all-knowing, wise!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you who believe | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | O you who believe | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | O you who believe | أمن |
| 4 | لِيَسْتَـْٔذِنكُمُliyastadhinkumu | Let ask your permission | أذن |
| 5 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those whom | — |
| 6 | مَلَكَتْmalakat | possess | ملك |
| 7 | أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukum | your right hands | يمن |
| 8 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those who | — |
| 9 | لَمْlam | (have) not | — |
| 10 | يَبْلُغُوا۟yablughū | reached | بلغ |
| 11 | ٱلْحُلُمَl-ḥuluma | puberty | حلم |
| 12 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 13 | ثَلَـٰثَthalātha | (at) three | ثلث |
| 14 | مَرَّٰتٍۢ ۚmarrātin | times | مرر |
| 15 | مِّنmin | before | — |
| 16 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 17 | صَلَوٰةِṣalati | (the) prayer | صلو |
| 18 | ٱلْفَجْرِl-fajri | (of) dawn | فجر |
| 19 | وَحِينَwaḥīna | and when | حين |
| 20 | تَضَعُونَtaḍaʿūna | you put aside | وضع |
| 21 | ثِيَابَكُمthiyābakum | your garments | ثوب |
| 22 | مِّنَmina | at | — |
| 23 | ٱلظَّهِيرَةِl-ẓahīrati | noon | ظهر |
| 24 | وَمِنۢwamin | and after | — |
| 25 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | and after | بعد |
| 26 | صَلَوٰةِṣalati | (the) prayer | صلو |
| 27 | ٱلْعِشَآءِ ۚl-ʿishāi | (of) night | عشو |
| 28 | ثَلَـٰثُthalāthu | (These) three | ثلث |
| 29 | عَوْرَٰتٍۢʿawrātin | (are) times of privacy | عور |
| 30 | لَّكُمْ ۚlakum | for you | — |
| 31 | لَيْسَlaysa | Not | ليس |
| 32 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | on you | — |
| 33 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 34 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | on them | — |
| 35 | جُنَاحٌۢjunāḥun | any blame | جنح |
| 36 | بَعْدَهُنَّ ۚbaʿdahunna | after that | بعد |
| 37 | طَوَّٰفُونَṭawwāfūna | (as) moving about | طوف |
| 38 | عَلَيْكُمʿalaykum | among you | — |
| 39 | بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukum | some of you | بعض |
| 40 | عَلَىٰʿalā | among | — |
| 41 | بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 42 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 43 | يُبَيِّنُyubayyinu | Allah makes clear | بين |
| 44 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah makes clear | أله |
| 45 | لَكُمُlakumu | for you | — |
| 46 | ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۗl-āyāti | the Verses | أيي |
| 47 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | and Allah | أله |
| 48 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 49 | حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |