Surah An-Nur, Ayah 29 (24:29)

ٱلنُّور

لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ فِيهَا مَتَٰعٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ …

Quran 24:29 is ayah 29 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 353 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:29
لَّيْسَعَلَيْكُمْجُنَاحٌأَنتَدْخُلُوا۟بُيُوتًاغَيْرَمَسْكُونَةٍفِيهَامَتَٰعٌلَّكُمْ ۚوَٱللَّهُيَعْلَمُمَاتُبْدُونَوَمَاتَكْتُمُونَ٢٩
laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun an tadkhulū buyūtan ghayra maskūnatin fīhā matāʿun lakum wal-lahu yaʿlamu mā tub'dūna wamā taktumūna

There is no blame upon you for entering houses not inhabited in which there is convenience for you. And Allāh knows what you reveal and what you conceal.(29)

Word by word

  1. لَّيْسَlaysaNot
  2. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
  3. جُنَاحٌjunāḥun(is) any blame
  4. أَنanthat
  5. تَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūyou enter
  6. بُيُوتًاbuyūtanhouses
  7. غَيْرَghayranot
  8. مَسْكُونَةٍmaskūnatininhabited
  9. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  10. مَتَٰعٌmatāʿun(is) a provision
  11. لَّكُمْ ۚlakumfor you
  12. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  13. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
  14. مَاmāwhat
  15. تُبْدُونَtub'dūnayou reveal
  16. وَمَاwamāand what
  17. تَكْتُمُونَtaktumūnayou conceal

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