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Al-Hujurat 11

Ayah 11 of 18 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا يَسۡخَرۡ قَوۡمٞ مِّن قَوۡمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُواْ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا نِسَآءٞ مِّن نِّسَآءٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُنَّۖ وَلَا تَلۡمِزُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَلَا تَنَابَزُواْ بِٱلۡأَلۡقَٰبِۖ بِئۡسَ ٱلِٱسۡمُ ٱلۡفُسُوقُ بَعۡدَ ٱلۡإِيمَٰنِۚ وَمَن لَّمۡ يَتُبۡ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ١١

O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name [i.e., mention] of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who(believe)alladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  4. لَا(Let) notlā
  5. يَسۡخَرۡridiculeyaskhar
  6. قَوۡمٞa peopleqawmun
  7. مِّن[of]min
  8. قَوۡمٍ(another) peopleqawmin
  9. عَسَىٰٓperhapsʿasā
  10. أَنthatan
  11. يَكُونُواْthey may beyakūnū
  12. خَيۡرٗاbetterkhayran
  13. مِّنۡهُمۡthan themmin'hum
  14. وَلَاand (let) notwalā
  15. نِسَآءٞwomennisāon
  16. مِّن[of]min
  17. نِّسَآءٍ(other) womennisāin
  18. عَسَىٰٓperhapsʿasā
  19. أَنthatan
  20. يَكُنَّthey may beyakunna
  21. خَيۡرٗاbetterkhayran
  22. مِّنۡهُنَّۖthan themmin'hunna
  23. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  24. تَلۡمِزُوٓاْinsulttalmizū
  25. أَنفُسَكُمۡyourselvesanfusakum
  26. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  27. تَنَابَزُواْcall each othertanābazū
  28. بِٱلۡأَلۡقَٰبِۖby nicknamesbil-alqābi
  29. بِئۡسَWretched isbi'sa
  30. ٱلِٱسۡمُthe namel-s'mu
  31. ٱلۡفُسُوقُ(of) disobediencel-fusūqu
  32. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  33. ٱلۡإِيمَٰنِۚthe faithl-īmāni
  34. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  35. لَّمۡ(does) notlam
  36. يَتُبۡrepentyatub
  37. فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَthen those fa-ulāika
  38. هُمُtheyhumu
  39. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ(are) the wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna

Tafsir

O those who have faith in Allah and act upon what He has legislated! A group of you should not mock another; perhaps those that have been mocked are better according to Allah. True consideration is only for what Allah considers. And a group of women should not mock another group of women; perhaps the group mocked at is better according to Allah. Do not taunt the souls of your brothers, because they are like your own souls, and do not call others with names they do not like - as was the case of a few of the Anṣār before the arrival of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). Whoever does that is a wrongdoer, and deviance is a very bad trait after having brought faith. Whoever does not repent from these sins are oppressing themselves by placing themselves in situations of destruction due to the sins they commit.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran