يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتَ ٱلنَّبِىِّ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَىٰ طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَٰظِرِينَ إِنَىٰهُ وَلَٰكِنْ إِذَا دُعِيتُمْ فَٱدْخُلُوا۟ فَإِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟ وَلَا مُسْتَـْٔنِسِينَ لِحَدِيثٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكُمْ كَانَ يُؤْذِى ٱلنَّبِىَّ فَيَسْتَحْىِۦ مِنكُمْ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَسْتَحْىِۦ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَٰعًۭا 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
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Yā'ayyuhā -lladhīna 'āmanū lā tad'khulū buyūta nnabiyyi 'illā 'an yu''dhana lakum' 'ilā ṭaʻāmin ghay'ra nāẓirīna 'ināhu walākin' 'idhā duʻītum' fa-d'khulū fa'idhā ṭaʻim'tum' fa-ntashirū walā mus'ta''nissīna liḥadīthin . 'inna dhālikum' kāna yu''dhī nnabiyya fayas'taḥ'yī minkum' . wa-llahu lā yas'taḥ'yī mina l-ḥaqqi . wa'idhā sa'altumūhunna matāʻan fas''alūhunna min warā'i ḥijābin . dhālikum' 'aṭ'haru liqulūbikum' waqulūbihinna . wamā kāna lakum' 'an tu''dhū rassūla -llahi walā 'an tankiḥū 'az'wājahu min[m] baʻ'dihī 'abadan . 'inna dhālikum' kāna ʻinda -llahi ʻaẓīman
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 Allah 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 Allah's Messenger, or that ye should marry his widows after him at any time. Truly such a thing is in Allah's sight an enormity.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
