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Al-Hujurat 6

Ayah 6 of 18 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن جَآءَكُمۡ فَاسِقُۢ بِنَبَإٖ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓاْ أَن تُصِيبُواْ قَوۡمَۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٖ فَتُصۡبِحُواْ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلۡتُمۡ نَٰدِمِينَ ٦

O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who(believe)alladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوٓاْbelieveāmanū
  4. إِنIfin
  5. جَآءَكُمۡcomes to youjāakum
  6. فَاسِقُۢa wicked personfāsiqun
  7. بِنَبَإٖwith informationbinaba-in
  8. فَتَبَيَّنُوٓاْinvestigatefatabayyanū
  9. أَنlestan
  10. تُصِيبُواْyou harmtuṣībū
  11. قَوۡمَۢاa peopleqawman
  12. بِجَهَٰلَةٖin ignorancebijahālatin
  13. فَتُصۡبِحُواْthen you becomefatuṣ'biḥū
  14. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  15. مَاwhatmā
  16. فَعَلۡتُمۡyou have donefaʿaltum
  17. نَٰدِمِينَregretfulnādimīna

Tafsir

O those who have faith in Allah and act upon whatever He legislates! If a wrongdoer brings some news about a group of people to you, then verify the truth of that news and do not hasten towards accepting it, in fear that if you accept it without verifying it, you could harm a group of people ignorantly. Then after having harmed them, you will regret it when the falsehood of the news becomes clear to you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran