يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوا۟
لَا
تَدْخُلُوا۟
بُيُوتَ
ٱلنَّبِىِّ
إِلَّآ
أَن
يُؤْذَنَ
لَكُمْ
إِلَىٰ
طَعَامٍ
غَيْرَ
نَـٰظِرِينَ
إِنَىٰهُ
وَلَـٰكِنْ
إِذَا
دُعِيتُمْ
فَٱدْخُلُوا۟
فَإِذَا
طَعِمْتُمْ
فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟
وَلَا
مُسْتَـْٔنِسِينَ
لِحَدِيثٍ ۚ
إِنَّ
ذَٰلِكُمْ
كَانَ
يُؤْذِى
ٱلنَّبِىَّ
فَيَسْتَحْىِۦ
مِنكُمْ ۖ
وَٱللَّهُ
لَا
يَسْتَحْىِۦ
مِنَ
ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ
وَإِذَا
سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ
مَتَـٰعًۭا
فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّ
مِن
وَرَآءِ
حِجَابٍۢ ۚ
ذَٰلِكُمْ
أَطْهَرُ
لِقُلُوبِكُمْ
وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ ۚ
وَمَا
كَانَ
لَكُمْ
أَن
تُؤْذُوا۟
رَسُولَ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلَآ
أَن
تَنكِحُوٓا۟
أَزْوَٰجَهُۥ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِهِۦٓ
أَبَدًا ۚ
إِنَّ
ذَٰلِكُمْ
كَانَ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
عَظِيمًا
٥٣
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.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem