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Quran Maqasid

the Verse of the Veil (Ayat al-Hijab)

Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 53

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يا ايها الذين امنوا لا تدخلوا بيوت النبي الا ان يؤذن لكم الى طعام غير ناظرين اناه ولكن اذا دعيتم فادخلوا فاذا طعمتم فانتشروا ولا مستانسين لحديث ان ذلكم كان يؤذي النبي فيستحيي منكم والله لا يستحيي من الحق واذا سالتموهن متاعا فاسالوهن من وراء حجاب ذلكم اطهر لقلوبكم وقلوبهن وما كان لكم ان تؤذوا رسول الله ولا ان تنكحوا ازواجه من بعده ابدا ان ذلكم كان عند الله عظيما

O ye who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses,— Until leave is given you, For a meal, (and then) Not (so early as) to wait For its preparation: but when Ye are invited, enter; And when ye have taken Your meal, disperse, Without seeking familiar talk. Such (behaviour) annoys The Prophet: he is ashamed To dismiss you, but God is not ashamed (To tell you) the truth. And when ye Ask (his ladies) For anything ye want, Ask them from before A screen: that makes For greater purity for Your hearts and for theirs. Nor is it right for you That ye should annoy God's Apostle, or that Ye should marry his widows After him at any time. Truly such a thing is In God's sight an enormity.

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  • Verse 53 of 73
  • Juz 22
  • Page 425

Word by word

  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO you who believeyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَO you who believealladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟O you who believeāmanū
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَدْخُلُوا۟entertadkhulū
  6. بُيُوتَ(the) housesbuyūta
  7. ٱلنَّبِىِّ(of) the Prophetl-nabiyi
  8. إِلَّآexceptillā
  9. أَنwhenan
  10. يُؤْذَنَpermission is givenyu'dhana
  11. لَكُمْto youlakum
  12. إِلَىٰforilā
  13. طَعَامٍa mealṭaʿāmin
  14. غَيْرَwithoutghayra
  15. نَـٰظِرِينَawaitingnāẓirīna
  16. إِنَىٰهُits preparationināhu
  17. وَلَـٰكِنْButwalākin
  18. إِذَاwhenidhā
  19. دُعِيتُمْyou are invitedduʿītum
  20. فَٱدْخُلُوا۟then enterfa-ud'khulū
  21. فَإِذَاand whenfa-idhā
  22. طَعِمْتُمْyou have eatenṭaʿim'tum
  23. فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟then dispersefa-intashirū
  24. وَلَاand notwalā
  25. مُسْتَـْٔنِسِينَseeking to remainmus'tanisīna
  26. لِحَدِيثٍ ۚfor a conversationliḥadīthin
  27. إِنَّIndeedinna
  28. ذَٰلِكُمْthatdhālikum
  29. كَانَwaskāna
  30. يُؤْذِىtroublingyu'dhī
  31. ٱلنَّبِىَّthe Prophetl-nabiya
  32. فَيَسْتَحْىِۦand he is shyfayastaḥyī
  33. مِنكُمْ ۖof (dismissing) youminkum
  34. وَٱللَّهُBut Allahwal-lahu
  35. لَاis not shylā
  36. يَسْتَحْىِۦis not shyyastaḥyī
  37. مِنَofmina
  38. ٱلْحَقِّ ۚthe truthl-ḥaqi
  39. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  40. سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّyou ask themsa-altumūhunna
  41. مَتَـٰعًۭا(for) anythingmatāʿan
  42. فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّthen ask themfasalūhunna
  43. مِنfrommin
  44. وَرَآءِbehindwarāi
  45. حِجَابٍۢ ۚa screenḥijābin
  46. ذَٰلِكُمْThatdhālikum
  47. أَطْهَرُ(is) pureraṭharu
  48. لِقُلُوبِكُمْfor your heartsliqulūbikum
  49. وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ ۚand their heartswaqulūbihinna
  50. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  51. كَانَiskāna
  52. لَكُمْfor youlakum
  53. أَنthatan
  54. تُؤْذُوا۟you troubletu'dhū
  55. رَسُولَ(the) Messengerrasūla
  56. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  57. وَلَآand notwalā
  58. أَنthatan
  59. تَنكِحُوٓا۟you should marrytankiḥū
  60. أَزْوَٰجَهُۥhis wivesazwājahu
  61. مِنۢafter himmin
  62. بَعْدِهِۦٓafter himbaʿdihi
  63. أَبَدًا ۚeverabadan
  64. إِنَّIndeedinna
  65. ذَٰلِكُمْthatdhālikum
  66. كَانَiskāna
  67. عِندَnearʿinda
  68. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  69. عَظِيمًاan enormityʿaẓīman

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