An-Nur 24:28
The Light · Medinan · Juz 18 · Page 353
If Told to Go Back
فَإِن لَّمۡ تَجِدُواْ فِيهَآ أَحَدࣰا فَلَا تَدۡخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤۡذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ وَإِن قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱرۡجِعُواْ فَٱرۡجِعُواْۖ هُوَ أَزۡكَىٰ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمࣱ ٢٨
And if ye find no-one therein, still enter not until permission hath been given. And if it be said unto you: Go away again, then go away, for it is purer for you. Allah knoweth what ye do.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
If you find no one there, do not enter until permission is given; and if told “Go back”, go back.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, if no one with authority to permit is present, one must wait patiently.
Reflect
When turned away, leave without resentment.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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