Sourate Al-Hujurat (49) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. O you who believe, do not put yourselves before God and His messenger.i 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تقدموا بين يدى ٱلله ورسوله

And be mindful of God. 1

وٱتقوا ٱلله

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 1

إن ٱلله سميع عليم

O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not speak loudly to him as you speak loudly to one another, lest your deeds be nullified without your realizing it. 2

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا ترفعوا أصوتكم فوق صوت ٱلنبي ولا تجهروا له بٱلقول كجهر بعضكم لبعض أن تحبط أعملكم وأنتم لا تشعرون

Those who lower their voices in the presence of the Messenger of God are those whose Cores God has tested for guardedness.i 3

إن ٱلذين يغضون أصوتهم عند رسول ٱلله أولئك ٱلذين ٱمتحن ٱلله قلوبهم للتقوى

They will have forgiveness and an immense reward. 3

لهم مغفرة وأجر عظيم

Those who call out to you from behind the private chambers, most of them do not reason. 4

إن ٱلذين ينادونك من ورآء ٱلحجرت أكثرهم لا يعقلون

Had they been patient until you came out to them, it would have been better for them. 5

ولو أنهم صبروا حتى تخرج إليهم لكان خيرا لهم

God is Forgiving, benevolent. 5

وٱلله غفور رحيم

O you who believe, if an overstepper brings you news, verify it, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and then become, over what you have done, full of regret. 6

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إن جآءكم فاسق بنبإ فتبينوا أن تصيبوا قوما بجهلة فتصبحوا على ما فعلتم ندمين

Know that the Messenger of God is among you; were he to obey you in many matters, you would be in great difficulty. 7

وٱعلموا أن فيكم رسول ٱلله لو يطيعكم في كثير من ٱلأمر لعنتم

But God has made faith dear to you and made it appealing in your Cores, and has made you detest the denial [of the truth], overstepping, and disobedience. 7

ولكن ٱلله حبب إليكم ٱلإيمن وزينه في قلوبكم وكره إليكم ٱلكفر وٱلفسوق وٱلعصيان

Those are the rightly guided, by a favor and a grace from God. 8

أولئك هم ٱلرشدون فضلا من ٱلله ونعمة

God knows all, He is Wise. 8

وٱلله عليم حكيم

And if two groups of believers fight each other, reconcile between them. 9

وإن طآئفتان من ٱلمؤمنين ٱقتتلوا فأصلحوا بينهما

If one of the two commits aggression against the other, fight the one that commits aggression until it returns to the command of God. 9

فإن بغت إحدىهما على ٱلأخرى فقتلوا ٱلتي تبغي حتى تفيء إلى أمر ٱلله

If it returns, reconcile between them with justice, and be equitable. 9

فإن فآءت فأصلحوا بينهما بٱلعدل وأقسطوا

God loves the equitable.i 9

إن ٱلله يحب ٱلمقسطين

The believers are but brothers; so reconcile between your two brothers. 10

إنما ٱلمؤمنون إخوة فأصلحوا بين أخويكم

And be mindful of God, so that you may receive benevolence. 10

وٱتقوا ٱلله لعلكم ترحمون

O you who believe, let not a people mock [another] people: it may be that they are better than them; nor let women mock [other] women: it may be that they are better than them. 11

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا يسخر قوم من قوم عسى أن يكونوا خيرا منهم ولا نسآء من نسآء عسى أن يكن خيرا منهن

Do not disparage yourselves, and do not call each other by offensive nicknames. 11

ولا تلمزوا أنفسكم ولا تنابزوا بٱلألقب

What a wretched name is overstepping, after faith! 11

بئس ٱلٱسم ٱلفسوق بعد ٱلإيمن

And whoever does not repent, those are the unjust. 11

ومن لم يتب فأولئك هم ٱلظلمون

O you who believe, avoid much suspicion. 12

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱجتنبوا كثيرا من ٱلظن

For some suspicion is a transgression. 12

إن بعض ٱلظن إثم

And do not spy. 12

ولا تجسسوا

And let none of you backbite another. 12

ولا يغتب بعضكم بعضا

Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would detest it. 12

أيحب أحدكم أن يأكل لحم أخيه ميتا فكرهتموه

And be mindful of God. 12

وٱتقوا ٱلله

God accepts repentance, He is benevolent. 12

إن ٱلله تواب رحيم

O mankind, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes, so that you may know one another. 13

يأيها ٱلناس إنا خلقنكم من ذكر وأنثى وجعلنكم شعوبا وقبآئل لتعارفوا

The most noble of you, with God, is the most pious. 13

إن أكرمكم عند ٱلله أتقىكم

God knows all, He is perfectly informed. 13

إن ٱلله عليم خبير

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.i 14

قالت ٱلأعراب ءامنا قل لم تؤمنوا ولكن قولوا أسلمنا ولما يدخل ٱلإيمن في قلوبكم

And if you obey God and His messenger, He will not diminish your deeds in anything. 14

وإن تطيعوا ٱلله ورسوله لا يلتكم من أعملكم شيا

God is Forgiving, benevolent. 14

إن ٱلله غفور رحيم

The believers are only those who have believed in God and His messenger, then have not doubted, and have striven with their possessions and their Selves in the way of God. 15

إنما ٱلمؤمنون ٱلذين ءامنوا بٱلله ورسوله ثم لم يرتابوا وجهدوا بأمولهم وأنفسهم في سبيل ٱلله

Those are the truthful. 15

أولئك هم ٱلصدقون

Say: "Do you inform God of your Law, while God knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth?" 16

قل أتعلمون ٱلله بدينكم وٱلله يعلم ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

God knows all things. 16

وٱلله بكل شىء عليم

They regard it as a favor to you that they have become true to God alone. 17

يمنون عليك أن أسلموا

Say: "Do not regard your true adherence to God alone as a favor to me." 17

قل لا تمنوا على إسلمكم

Rather, it is God who bestows a favor upon you in that He has guided you to faith, if you are truthful. 17

بل ٱلله يمن عليكم أن هدىكم للإيمن إن كنتم صدقين

God knows what escapes the senses in the heavens and the earth.i 18

إن ٱلله يعلم غيب ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

God sees perfectly what you do.i 18

وٱلله بصير بما تعملون