Surat An-Nur Verse No. 28: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 28 from Surah An-Nur : Number of verses 64 - - page 353 - Part 18.
﴾فَإِن لَّمۡ تَجِدُواْ فِيهَآ أَحَدٗا فَلَا تَدۡخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤۡذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ وَإِن قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱرۡجِعُواْ فَٱرۡجِعُواْۖ هُوَ أَزۡكَىٰ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمٞ ﴿
[ النور: 28]
And if you find no one therein, still, enter not until permission has been given. And if you are asked to go back, go back, for it is purer for you, and Allah is All-Knower of what you do.
English - 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.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(24:28) Then, if you do not find anyone therein, do not enter until you have been given permission, *26 and if you are told to go back, you should go back. This is a purer way for you; *27 and Allah has full knowledge of what you do.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*26) Entry into an empty house is not allowed unless permitted as such by the master of the house. One may, for instance, have told a visitor or sent him a message to wait in his room till his arrival. The mere fact that there is nobody in the house or the call is not answered does not entitle anybody to enter without permission.
*27) That is nobody should mind if entry is refused, for everybody has a right to refuse to meet another person, or offer a plea if otherwise busy. The Command "Go back", according to the jurists, means going back in the literal sense and moving away from the door. Nobody has any right to compel the other person for a meeting or to embarrass him by standing obstinately at his door.