Al-Hujraat
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
O ye who believe! Be not forward in
the presence of Allah and His messenger, and keep your
duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower. (1)
O ye who believe! Lift not up your
voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor shout when
speaking to him as ye shout one to another, lest your
works be rendered vain while ye perceive not. (2)
Lo! they who subdue their voices in
the presence of the messenger of Allah, those are they
whose hearts Allah hath proven unto righteousness.
Theirs will be forgiveness and immense reward. (3)
Lo! those who call thee from behind
the private apartments, most of them have no sense. (4)
And if they had had patience till thou
camest forth unto them, it had been better for them. And
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (5)
O ye who believe! If an evil-liver
bring you tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in
ignorance and afterward repent of what ye did. (6)
And know that the messenger of Allah
is among you. If he were to obey you in much of the
government, ye would surely be in trouble; but Allah
hath endeared the faith to you and hath beautified it in
your hearts, and hath made disbelief and lewdness and
rebellion hateful unto you. Such are they who are the
rightly guided. (7)
(It is) a bounty and a grace from
Allah; and Allah is Knower, Wise. (8)
And if two parties of believers fall
to fighting, then make peace between them. And if one
party of them doeth wrong to the other, fight ye that
which doeth wrong till it return unto the ordinance of
Allah; then, if it return, make peace between them
justly, and act equitably. Lo! Allah loveth the
equitable. (9)
The believers are naught else than
brothers. Therefore make peace between your brethren and
observe your duty to Allah that haply ye may obtain
mercy. (10)
O ye who believe! Let not a folk
deride a folk who may be better than they (are), not let
women (deride) women who may be better than they are;
neither defame one another, nor insult one another by
nicknames. Bad is the name of lewdness after faith. And
whoso turneth not in repentance, such are evil-doers.
(11)
O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion;
for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither
backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the
flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the
other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is
Relenting, Merciful. (12)
O mankind! Lo! We have created you
from male and female, and have made you nations and
tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! the noblest of
you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo!
Allah is Knower, Aware. (13)
The wandering Arabs say: We believe.
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye believe not, but rather
say "We submit," for the faith hath not yet entered into
your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His messenger, He
will not withhold from you aught of (the reward of) your
deeds. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (14)
The (true) believers are those only
who believe in Allah and His messenger and afterward
doubt not, but strive with their wealth and their lives
for the cause of Allah. Such are the sincere. (15)
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Would ye
teach Allah your religion, when Allah knoweth all that
is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and
Allah is Aware of all things? (16)
They make it a favour unto thee
(Muhammad) that they have surrendered (unto Him). Say:
Deem not your Surrender a favour unto me; but Allah doth
confer a favour on you, inasmuch as He hath led you to
the Faith, if ye are earnest. (17)
Lo! Allah knoweth the Unseen of the
heavens and the earth. And Allah is Seer of what ye do.
(18)