The Holy Quran 24:59 — Surah An-Nur

Arabic text

وَإِذَا بَلَغَ ٱلْأَطْفَـٰلُ مِنكُمُ ٱلْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَـْٔذِنُوا۟ كَمَا ٱسْتَـْٔذَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

Translation

When your children come of age (when they reach puberty and even just before this), they should seek permission (at all times to enter your room) just as those before them (others who had come of age) seek permission. In this manner Allaah explains His Aayaat (verses) to you. Allaah is All Knowing, The Wise.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The ruling on boys who have not reached puberty: that is, as long as a boy has not reached puberty, he may come and go without asking permission at all times except the three. Once he has reached the age of puberty, his ruling becomes the same as that of the men who reached puberty before him, whose ruling has already been given earlier in the verse…

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