O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess (24:58)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

O you who have conformed to Islam: Those on hand serving, you and the children who have not reached the age of discretion must ask your permission before entering your rooms when you are improperly dressed: before dawn prayer, when undressed for the afternoon rest -siesta-, and following your last night prayer (when you are reedy to go to sleep); three prescribed periods of privacy. Other than these particular periods you are absolved and so are they to move freely and to come round -in an informal way- attending to each other. Thus does Allah distinctly express to you people His revelations guiding you to the proper way of life relative to moral conduct. Allah is Alimun and Hakimun

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(24:58) O Believers, *85 your slaves *86 and those of your children, who have not yet become sex conscious, *87 must ask your permission before coming in to see you on three occasions: before the Fajr Prayer and at noon when you put off your clothes and after the `Isha' Prayer. These are your three times of privacy. *88 There is no sin for you or for them *89 if they come without permission at other times than these, for you have to visit : ne another over and over again *90 . In this way Allah makes His Comm andments clear to you for He is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess meaning

*85) From here again, the Commandments for social life are being resumed. It is just possible that this portion of Surah An-Nur was sent down at a later date.
*86) According to the majority of commentators and jurists, this refers to both male and female slaves. Ibn `Umar and Mujahid, however, have expressed the opinion that it refers to the male slaves only. But in view of the Commandment that follows there appears to be no reason for making this distinction. Violation of one's privacy by one's' children is as undesirable as by one's female slaves. All jurists are agreed that the Commandment given in this verse is applicable both to the minor and to the grown up slaves .
*87) Another translation can be: "who have not yet reached the age of seeing wet dreams." From this the jurists have deduced the principle that in case of boys puberty starts when they begin having nocturnal emissions. But the translation that we have adopted is preferable because the injunction is meant both for boys and for girls. If nocturnal emission is taken as the sign ofattaining puberty, the injunction would be confined to boys only, because in the case of girls it is the menstrual discharge, and not noctural emission, which marks the beginning of puberty. In our opinion the intention is that the children of the house should follow this procedure till the time that they become sex conscious. After they have become sex conscious they have to follow the injunction that follows .
*88) Literally `aurat' is a place of danger and trouble; it also means a private part of the body which one would not like to expose before others, and something which is not fully secured. All these meanings are close to each other and all are implied in the meaning of this verse. The verse means to say that these are your times of privacy when you are either alone or with your wives in a state when it is not proper for your children and servants to come in to see you unannounced. Therefore, they should be instructed that they must take your permission before coming in to see you in your places of privacy at these three times.
*89) That is, at other times than these, there is no restriction on the entry of minor children and slaves in your private rooms without permission. If on such an occasion you are not properly dressed and they enter without permission, you will have no right to take them to task. For in that case, it will be your own folly to have kept yourself in an improper state at a time when you should have been properly dressed for the day's business. However, if they enter without permission during the times of privacy, the blame will lie with them provided they have been taught the necessary etiquette .
*90) This is the reason for the general permission for children and slaves to come without permission .at other times than those mentioned above. This throws light on a fundamental Fiqh principle that every religious injunction is based on some wisdom or good reason, whether it has been explained or not .
 

O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess meaning in Urdu

اے لوگو جو ایمان لائے ہو، لازم ہے کہ تمہارے مملوک اور تمہارے وہ بچے جو ابھی عقل کی حد کو نہیں پہنچے ہیں، تین اوقات میں اجازت لے کر تمہارے پاس آیا کریں: صبح کی نماز سے پہلے، اور دوپہر کو جبکہ تم کپڑے اتار کر رکھ دیتے ہو، اور عشاء کی نماز کے بعد یہ تین وقت تمہارے لیے پردے کے وقت ہیں اِن کے بعد وہ بلا اجازت آئیں تو نہ تم پر کوئی گناہ ہے نہ اُن پر، تمہیں ایک دوسرے کے پاس بار بار آنا ہی ہوتا ہے اس طرح اللہ تمہارے لیے اپنے ارشادات کی توضیح کرتا ہے، اور وہ علیم و حکیم ہے