Surah Al-Hujurat 49:11
سُورَةُ الحُجُرَاتِ · Medinan · Verse 11 of 18
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌۭ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُوا۟ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَآءٌۭ مِّن نِّسَآءٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُنَّ ۖ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا۟ بِٱلْأَلْقَٰبِ ۖ بِئْسَ ٱلِٱسْمُ ٱلْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ ٱلْإِيمَٰنِ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَتُبْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
Translation
Believers, no one group of men should jeer at another, who may after all be better than them; no one group of women should jeer at another, who may after all be better than them; do not speak ill of one another; do not use offensive nicknames for one another. How bad it is to be called a mischief-maker after accepting faith! Those who do not repent of this behaviour are evildoers.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Hujurat 49:11 is discussed in 19 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Seeking Forgiveness (Istighfar)
- The Family (Usrah)
- The Ummah
- Humility (Tawadu)
- Repentance (Tawbah)
- Hajj
- Goodness (Khayr)
- Unlawful Intercourse (Zina)
- Joy (Farah)
- Unity (Wahdah)
- Reconciliation (Silm)
- Truthfulness (Sidq)
- The Companions (Sahabah)
- Weakness (Da'f)
- Injustice (Zulm)
- Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah)
- Tolerance (Samahah)
- Social Relations (Alaqat Ijtima'iyyah)
- Openness (Alan)
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