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An-Nur 61

Ayah 61 of 64 · Medinan

لَّيۡسَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ حَرَجٞ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَعۡرَجِ حَرَجٞ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلۡمَرِيضِ حَرَجٞ وَلَا عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَن تَأۡكُلُواْ مِنۢ بُيُوتِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ ءَابَآئِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ إِخۡوَٰنِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ أَخَوَٰتِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ أَعۡمَٰمِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ عَمَّٰتِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ أَخۡوَٰلِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ خَٰلَٰتِكُمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكۡتُم مَّفَاتِحَهُۥٓ أَوۡ صَدِيقِكُمۡۚ لَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَأۡكُلُواْ جَمِيعًا أَوۡ أَشۡتَاتٗاۚ فَإِذَا دَخَلۡتُم بُيُوتٗا فَسَلِّمُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ تَحِيَّةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُبَٰرَكَةٗ طَيِّبَةٗۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦١

There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint nor upon yourselves when you eat from your [own] houses or the houses of your fathers or the houses of your mothers or the houses of your brothers or the houses of your sisters or the houses of your father's brothers or the houses of your father's sisters or the houses of your mother's brothers or the houses of your mother's sisters or [from houses] whose keys you possess or [from the house] of your friend. There is no blame upon you whether you eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace1 upon each other - a greeting from Allāh, blessed and good. Thus does Allāh make clear to you the verses [of ordinance] that you may understand.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Saying, "As-salāmu ʿalaykum" ("Peace be upon you").

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَّيۡسَNot islaysa
  2. عَلَىonʿalā
  3. ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰthe blindl-aʿmā
  4. حَرَجٞany blameḥarajun
  5. وَلَاand notwalā
  6. عَلَىonʿalā
  7. ٱلۡأَعۡرَجِthe lamel-aʿraji
  8. حَرَجٞany blameḥarajun
  9. وَلَاand notwalā
  10. عَلَىonʿalā
  11. ٱلۡمَرِيضِthe sickl-marīḍi
  12. حَرَجٞany blameḥarajun
  13. وَلَاand notwalā
  14. عَلَىٰٓonʿalā
  15. أَنفُسِكُمۡyourselvesanfusikum
  16. أَنthatan
  17. تَأۡكُلُواْyou eattakulū
  18. مِنۢfrommin
  19. بُيُوتِكُمۡyour housesbuyūtikum
  20. أَوۡoraw
  21. بُيُوتِhousesbuyūti
  22. ءَابَآئِكُمۡ(of) your fathersābāikum
  23. أَوۡoraw
  24. بُيُوتِhousesbuyūti
  25. أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ(of) your mothersummahātikum
  26. أَوۡoraw
  27. بُيُوتِhousesbuyūti
  28. إِخۡوَٰنِكُمۡ(of) your brothersikh'wānikum
  29. أَوۡoraw
  30. بُيُوتِhousesbuyūti
  31. أَخَوَٰتِكُمۡ(of) your sistersakhawātikum
  32. أَوۡoraw
  33. بُيُوتِhousesbuyūti
  34. أَعۡمَٰمِكُمۡ(of) your paternal unclesaʿmāmikum
  35. أَوۡoraw
  36. بُيُوتِhousesbuyūti
  37. عَمَّٰتِكُمۡ(of) your paternal auntsʿammātikum
  38. أَوۡoraw
  39. بُيُوتِhousesbuyūti
  40. أَخۡوَٰلِكُمۡ(of) your maternal unclesakhwālikum
  41. أَوۡoraw
  42. بُيُوتِhousesbuyūti
  43. خَٰلَٰتِكُمۡ(of) your maternal auntskhālātikum
  44. أَوۡoraw
  45. مَاwhatmā
  46. مَلَكۡتُمyou possessmalaktum
  47. مَّفَاتِحَهُۥٓits keysmafātiḥahu
  48. أَوۡoraw
  49. صَدِيقِكُمۡۚyour friendṣadīqikum
  50. لَيۡسَNot islaysa
  51. عَلَيۡكُمۡon youʿalaykum
  52. جُنَاحٌany blamejunāḥun
  53. أَنthatan
  54. تَأۡكُلُواْyou eattakulū
  55. جَمِيعًاtogetherjamīʿan
  56. أَوۡoraw
  57. أَشۡتَاتٗاۚseparatelyashtātan
  58. فَإِذَاBut whenfa-idhā
  59. دَخَلۡتُمyou enterdakhaltum
  60. بُيُوتٗاhousesbuyūtan
  61. فَسَلِّمُواْthen greetfasallimū
  62. عَلَىٰٓ[on]ʿalā
  63. أَنفُسِكُمۡyourselvesanfusikum
  64. تَحِيَّةٗa greetingtaḥiyyatan
  65. مِّنۡfrommin
  66. عِندِfromʿindi
  67. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  68. مُبَٰرَكَةٗblessedmubārakatan
  69. طَيِّبَةٗۚ(and) goodṭayyibatan
  70. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  71. يُبَيِّنُAllah makes clearyubayyinu
  72. ٱللَّهُAllah makes clearl-lahu
  73. لَكُمُfor youlakumu
  74. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Versesl-āyāti
  75. لَعَلَّكُمۡso that you maylaʿallakum
  76. تَعۡقِلُونَunderstandtaʿqilūna

Tafsir

There is no sin upon the blind who has lost his eyesight, nor upon the lame nor the sick if they leave those responsibilities they can no longer fulfil, i.e. jihad in the way of Allah. O believers! There is no sin upon you in eating from your own homes or the homes of sons, nor in eating from the homes of your fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, paternal uncles and aunts nor maternal uncles and aunts, nor those houses which you have been entrusted with safeguarding, i.e. garden-keeper. There is also no sin in eating at the house of your friend as is customary to please him. It is not a problem whether you eat alone or together in groups. So when you do enter any houses like the ones mentioned above or any others, greet those within them with peace by saying: “Peace be upon you”, and if there is no one inside them, then greet yourselves by saying: “Peace be upon us and the pious servants of Allah”. This is a blessed greeting from Allah; He has legislated it for you because of the love and affection it spreads among you. It is also a pleasant greeting in that it pleases the soul of the one who hears is Just like the aforementioned clarity in this Sūrah, Allah clearly explains His verses in the hope that you will implement whatever they contain.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran