Surah 24. An-Nur, Ayah 59
| وَإِذَا بَلَغَ الْأَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا اسْتَأْذَنَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- 'idhaa balagha al- at.faal min -kum al- h.ulum fa- li- yasta'dhino ka-maa ista'dhana 'alladhena min qabli -him ka- dhaalika yubayyin 'allaah la- -kum 'aayaat -hi wa- 'allaah calem h.akem |
| Pickthall | : | And when the children among you come to puberty then let them ask leave even as those before them used to ask it. Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations for you. Allah is knower, Wise. |
| Asad | : | Yet when the children among you attain to puberty, let them ask leave of you [at all times], even as those [who have reached maturity] before them have been enjoined to ask it.82 |
| Malik | : | And when your children reach the age of puberty, let them still ask your permission as their elders do. Thus Allah makes His revelations clear to you, for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | But when the children among you come of age let them (also) ask for permission as do those senior to them (in age): thus does Allah make clear His Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. 3037 3038 3039 |
Note - 82Lit., "have asked it": a reference to the injunction laid
down in verses {27-28} above. My interpolation, between
brackets, of the phrase "who have reached maturity" is
based on Zamakhshari's interpretation of the words "those
before them".
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Note - 3037Children among you: i.e., in your house, not necessarily
your own children. All in the house, including the
stranger within your gate, must conform to these
wholesome rules.
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Note - 3038Those before them, i.e., those who have already been
mentioned in the previous verse. It is suggested that
each generation as it grows up should follow the
wholesome traditions of its predecessors. While they were
children, they behaved like children: when they grow up,
they must behave like grown-ups.
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Note - 3039The refrain connects up this verse with the last verse,
whose meaning is completed here. The slight variation
("His Signs" here, against "the Signs" there) shows that
this verse is more personal, as referring to children who
have now become responsible men and women.
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Children among you: i.e., in your house, not necessarily your own children. All in the house, including the stranger within your gate, must conform to these wholesome rules. |
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Those before them, i.e., those who have already been mentioned in the previous verse. It is suggested that each generation as it grows up should follow the wholesome traditions of its predecessors. While they were children, they behaved like children: when they grow up, they must behave like grown-ups. |
