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فَإِن لَّمْ تَجِدُوا۟ فِيهَآ أَحَدًۭا فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِن قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱرْجِعُوا۟ فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۖ هُوَ أَزْكَىٰ لَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And if you do not find anyone therein, do not enter them until permission has been given you. And if it is said to you, "Go back," then go back; it is purer for you. And Allah is Knowing of what you do.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنfa-inBut if
لَّمْlamnot
تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou find
فِيهَآfīhāin it
أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone
فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
تَدْخُلُوهَاtadkhulūhāenter it
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُؤْذَنَyu'dhanapermission has been given
لَكُمْ ۖlakumto you
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَكُمُlakumuto you
ٱرْجِعُوا۟ir'jiʿūGo back
فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۖfa-ir'jiʿūthen go back
هُوَhuwait
أَزْكَىٰazkā(is) purer
لَكُمْ ۚlakumfor you
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Seeking Permission and the Etiquette of entering HousesThis is the Islamic etiquette. Allah taught these manners (of seeking permission) to His believing servants and commanded them not to enter houses other than their own until they had asked permission, i.e., to ask for permission before entering and to give the greeting of Salam after asking. One should seek permission three times, and if permission is given, (he may enter), otherwise he should go away.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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