Overall meaning : Neither the blind, nor the lame nor the sick will incur any sin if they eat in the houses of those mentioned in this verse just because they are weak or disabled; nor will you incur any sin if you eat in your own houses, or your children’s or slaves’ houses, or your fathers’ houses, or your mothers’ houses, or your brothers’ houses, or your sisters’ houses, or the houses of your paternal uncles or paternal aunts, or the houses of your maternal uncles or maternal aunts, or the houses which you are entrusted with looking after and have the keys to them after their owners’ permission, or your friends’ houses. Nor will you incur any sin if you eat together or separately. When you enter your own houses or the houses of others, greet one another with the Islamic greeting of peace (Assalaamu ‘alaykum ‘peace be on you’)—a greeting enjoined by your Lord, full of blessings and purity. With such clarity does Allah make His revelations clear in order for you to understand them and act upon them.