Quran 33:53 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Believers, do not enter the Prophet’s apartments for a meal unless you are given permission to do so; do not linger until [a meal] is ready. When you are invited, go in; then, when you have taken your meal, leave. Do not stay on and talk, for that would offend the Prophet, though he would shrink from asking you to leave. God does not shrink from the truth. When you ask his wives for something, do so from behind a screen: this is purer both for your hearts and for theirs. It is not right for you to offend God’s Messenger, just as you should never marry his wives after him: that would be grievous in God’s eyes.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَىٰ طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَاظِرِينَ إِنَاهُ وَلَـٰكِنْ إِذَا دُعِيتُمْ فَادْخُلُوا فَإِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَانْتَشِرُوا وَلَا مُسْتَأْنِسِينَ لِحَدِيثٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكُمْ كَانَ يُؤْذِي النَّبِيَّ فَيَسْتَحْيِي مِنْكُمْ ۖ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ ۚ وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَاسْأَلُوهُنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلَا أَنْ تَنْكِحُوا أَزْوَاجَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَبَدًا ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكُمْ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَظِيمًا
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tadkhulū buyūta l-nabiyi illā an yu'dhana lakum ilā ṭaʿāmin ghayra nāẓirīna ināhu walākin idhā duʿītum fa-ud'khulū fa-idhā ṭaʿim'tum fa-intashirū walā mus'tanisīna liḥadīthin inna dhālikum kāna yu'dhī l-nabiya fayastaḥyī minkum wal-lahu lā yastaḥyī mina l-ḥaqi wa-idhā sa-altumūhunna matāʿan fasalūhunna min warāi ḥijābin dhālikum aṭharu liqulūbikum waqulūbihinna wamā kāna lakum an tu'dhū rasūla l-lahi walā an tankiḥū azwājahu min baʿdihi abadan inna dhālikum kāna ʿinda l-lahi ʿaẓīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, enter not the houses of the Prophet, except leave is given you for a meal, without watching for its hour. But when you are invited, then enter; and when you have had the meal, disperse, neither lingering for idle talk; that is hurtful to the Prophet, and he is ashamed before you; but God is not ashamed before the truth. And when you ask his wives for any object, ask them from behind a curtain; that is cleaner for your hearts and theirs. It is not for you to hurt God's Messenger, neither to marry his wives after him, ever; surely that would be, in God's sight, a monstrous thing.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not enter the Prophet’s dwellings unless you are given leave; [and when invited] to a meal, do not come [so early as] to wait for it to be readied: but whenever you are invited, enter [at the proper time]; and when you have partaken of the meal, disperse without lingering for the sake of mere talk: that, behold, might give offence to the Prophet, and yet he might feel shy of [asking] you [to leave]: but God is not shy of [teaching you] what is right. And [as for the Prophet’s wives,] whenever you ask them for anything that you need, ask them from behind a screen: this will but deepen the purity of your hearts and theirs. Moreover, it does not behove you to give offence to God’s Apostle - just as it would not behove you ever to marry his widows after he has passed away: that, verily, would be an enormity in the sight of God.
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, do not enter the houses of the Prophet except when you are permitted for a meal, without awaiting its readiness. But when you are invited, then enter; and when you have eaten, disperse without seeking to remain for conversation. Indeed, that [behavior] was troubling the Prophet, and he is shy of [dismissing] you. But Allāh is not shy of the truth. And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not [conceivable or lawful] for you to harm the Messenger of Allāh or to marry his wives after him, ever. Indeed, that would be in the sight of Allāh an enormity.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you who believe | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | O you who believe | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | O you who believe | أمن |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulū | enter | دخل |
| 6 | بُيُوتَbuyūta | (the) houses | بيت |
| 7 | ٱلنَّبِىِّl-nabiyi | (of) the Prophet | نبأ |
| 8 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 9 | أَنan | when | — |
| 10 | يُؤْذَنَyu'dhana | permission is given | أذن |
| 11 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 12 | إِلَىٰilā | for | — |
| 13 | طَعَامٍṭaʿāmin | a meal | طعم |
| 14 | غَيْرَghayra | without | غير |
| 15 | نَـٰظِرِينَnāẓirīna | awaiting | نظر |
| 16 | إِنَىٰهُināhu | its preparation | أني |
| 17 | وَلَـٰكِنْwalākin | But | — |
| 18 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 19 | دُعِيتُمْduʿītum | you are invited | دعو |
| 20 | فَٱدْخُلُوا۟fa-ud'khulū | then enter | دخل |
| 21 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | and when | — |
| 22 | طَعِمْتُمْṭaʿim'tum | you have eaten | طعم |
| 23 | فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟fa-intashirū | then disperse | نشر |
| 24 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 25 | مُسْتَـْٔنِسِينَmus'tanisīna | seeking to remain | أنس |
| 26 | لِحَدِيثٍ ۚliḥadīthin | for a conversation | حدث |
| 27 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 28 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | that | — |
| 29 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 30 | يُؤْذِىyu'dhī | troubling | أذي |
| 31 | ٱلنَّبِىَّl-nabiya | the Prophet | نبأ |
| 32 | فَيَسْتَحْىِۦfayastaḥyī | and he is shy | حيي |
| 33 | مِنكُمْ ۖminkum | of (dismissing) you | — |
| 34 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | But Allah | أله |
| 35 | لَاlā | is not shy | — |
| 36 | يَسْتَحْىِۦyastaḥyī | is not shy | حيي |
| 37 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 38 | ٱلْحَقِّ ۚl-ḥaqi | the truth | حقق |
| 39 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 40 | سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّsa-altumūhunna | you ask them | سأل |
| 41 | مَتَـٰعًۭاmatāʿan | (for) anything | متع |
| 42 | فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّfasalūhunna | then ask them | سأل |
| 43 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 44 | وَرَآءِwarāi | behind | وري |
| 45 | حِجَابٍۢ ۚḥijābin | a screen | حجب |
| 46 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | That | — |
| 47 | أَطْهَرُaṭharu | (is) purer | طهر |
| 48 | لِقُلُوبِكُمْliqulūbikum | for your hearts | قلب |
| 49 | وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ ۚwaqulūbihinna | and their hearts | قلب |
| 50 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 51 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 52 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 53 | أَنan | that | — |
| 54 | تُؤْذُوا۟tu'dhū | you trouble | أذي |
| 55 | رَسُولَrasūla | (the) Messenger | رسل |
| 56 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 57 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 58 | أَنan | that | — |
| 59 | تَنكِحُوٓا۟tankiḥū | you should marry | نكح |
| 60 | أَزْوَٰجَهُۥazwājahu | his wives | زوج |
| 61 | مِنۢmin | after him | — |
| 62 | بَعْدِهِۦٓbaʿdihi | after him | بعد |
| 63 | أَبَدًا ۚabadan | ever | أبد |
| 64 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 65 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | that | — |
| 66 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 67 | عِندَʿinda | near | عند |
| 68 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 69 | عَظِيمًاʿaẓīman | an enormity | عظم |