Surah Al-Hujurat, ayah 11
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُوا۟ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَآءٌ مِّن نِّسَآءٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ ۖ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا۟ بِٱلْأَلْقَـٰبِ ۖ بِئْسَ ٱلِٱسْمُ ٱلْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَتُبْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
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.
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
- لَاlā(Let) not
- يَسْخَرْyaskharridicule
- قَوْمٌۭqawmuna people
- مِّنmin[of]
- قَوْمٍqawmin(another) people
- عَسَىٰٓʿasāperhaps
- أَنanthat
- يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey may be
- خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humthan them
- وَلَاwalāand (let) not
- نِسَآءٌۭnisāonwomen
- مِّنmin[of]
- نِّسَآءٍnisāin(other) women
- عَسَىٰٓʿasāperhaps
- أَنanthat
- يَكُنَّyakunnathey may be
- خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
- مِّنْهُنَّ ۖmin'hunnathan them
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَلْمِزُوٓا۟talmizūinsult
- أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَنَابَزُوا۟tanābazūcall each other
- بِٱلْأَلْقَـٰبِ ۖbil-alqābiby nicknames
- بِئْسَbi'saWretched is
- ٱلِٱسْمُl-s'muthe name
- ٱلْفُسُوقُl-fusūqu(of) disobedience
- بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
- ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚl-īmānithe faith
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- لَّمْlam(does) not
- يَتُبْyatubrepent
- فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
- هُمُhumuthey
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers
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