Al-Hujurat
The Believers Are But Brothers
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
O you who have believed! Do not put yourselves before God and His messenger.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُقَدِّمُوا۟ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ
And guard yourselves toward God.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ
God is indeed the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
O you who have believed! Do not elevate your voices above the voice of the Informant, and do not say your saying aloud to him as you do among yourselves, lest your works collapse without your sensing it.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَرْفَعُوٓا۟ أَصْوَٰتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا۟ لَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَن تَحْبَطَ أَعْمَٰلُكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
Those who hush their voices in the presence of the messenger of God are indeed those whose cores God has examined for guardedness.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَغُضُّونَ أَصْوَٰتَهُمْ عِندَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱمْتَحَنَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ
They will have forgiveness and an immense reward.
لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ وَأَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ
Those who call out to you from behind the chambers, most of them do not reason.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِن وَرَآءِ ٱلْحُجُرَٰتِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
And had they been patient until you came out to them, it would have been better for them.
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ
And God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
O you who have believed! If an overstepper brings you a piece of information, distinguish clearly, lest you set upon a people out of ignorance and then become, over what you have done, full of regret.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌۢ بِنَبَإٍۢ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟ أَن تُصِيبُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٍۢ فَتُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَٰدِمِينَ
And know that the messenger of God is among you; were he to defer to you in many matters, you would be overwhelmed.
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِى كَثِيرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ
But God has made you love faith and embellished it in your cores, and has made you detest the disowning, overstepping, and disobedience.
وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْإِيمَٰنَ وَزَيَّنَهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ وَٱلْفُسُوقَ وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ
Those are the ones who have rectitude, by a favor and a blessing from God.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ فَضْلًۭا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَنِعْمَةًۭ
And God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
And if two groups of believers fight each other, reconcile between them.
وَإِن طَآئِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا
If one of the two commits iniquity against the other, fight the one that commits iniquity until it returns to the command of God.
فَإِنۢ بَغَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ فَقَٰتِلُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى تَبْغِى حَتَّىٰ تَفِىٓءَ إِلَىٰٓ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ
If it returns, reconcile between them with justice, and be equitable.
فَإِن فَآءَتْ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمَا بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَأَقْسِطُوٓا۟
God indeed loves the equitable.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ
The believers are but brothers; so reconcile between your two brothers.
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌۭ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ
And guard yourselves toward God, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
O you who have believed! Let not a people scoff at a people: it may be that they are better than them; nor let women scoff at women: it may be that they are better than them.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌۭ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُوا۟ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَآءٌۭ مِّن نِّسَآءٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُنَّ
And do not disparage yourselves by insinuation, and do not call each other by nicknames.
وَلَا تَلْمِزُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا۟ بِٱلْأَلْقَٰبِ
What a wretched attribute is overstepping, after faith!
بِئْسَ ٱلِٱسْمُ ٱلْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ ٱلْإِيمَٰنِ
And whoever does not repent, those are the wrongdoers.
وَمَن لَّمْ يَتُبْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
O you who have believed! Avoid much presumption.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلظَّنِّ
Some presumption is a transgression.
إِنَّ بَعْضَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِثْمٌۭ
And do not spy.
وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا۟
And let none of you backbite another.
وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا
Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would have an aversion to it.
أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًۭا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ
And guard yourselves toward God.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ
God is indeed the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
O mankind! We created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may recognize one another.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍۢ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ شُعُوبًۭا وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟
The most noble of you, with God, is indeed the most guarded.
إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتْقَىٰكُمْ
God is All-Knowing, Intimately Acquainted.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۭ
The notables said: "We have believed." Say: "You have not believed; rather say: 'We have become true to God alone,' for faith has not yet entered your cores.
قَالَتِ ٱلْأَعْرَابُ ءَامَنَّا قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ وَلَٰكِن قُولُوٓا۟ أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ ٱلْإِيمَٰنُ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ
And if you defer to God and His messenger, He will not curtail your works in anything.
وَإِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَا يَلِتْكُم مِّنْ أَعْمَٰلِكُمْ شَيْـًٔا
God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent."
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ
The believers are only those who have believed in God and His messenger, then have not doubted, and have striven with their goods and their Selves in the way of God.
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْتَابُوا۟ وَجَٰهَدُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
Those are the veracious.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصَّٰدِقُونَ
Say: "Do you inform God of your Law, while God knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth?
قُلْ أَتُعَلِّمُونَ ٱللَّهَ بِدِينِكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
And God is All-Knowing of all things."
وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۭ
They think they grace you by having become true to God alone.
يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا۟
Say: "Do not think you grace me with your being true to God alone.
قُل لَّا تَمُنُّوا۟ عَلَىَّ إِسْلَٰمَكُم
Rather, it is God who graces you by having guided you to faith, if you are veracious."
بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يَمُنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ هَدَىٰكُمْ لِلْإِيمَٰنِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
God indeed knows what escapes the senses in the heavens and the earth.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
And God is All-Seeing of what you do.
وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ