Quran 49:11 — Al-Hujuraat, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected 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.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِنْهُنَّ ۖ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ ۖ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ ۚ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā yaskhar qawmun min qawmin ʿasā an yakūnū khayran min'hum walā nisāon min nisāin ʿasā an yakunna khayran min'hunna walā talmizū anfusakum walā tanābazū bil-alqābi bi'sa l-s'mu l-fusūqu baʿda l-īmāni waman lam yatub fa-ulāika humu l-ẓālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, let not any people scoff at another people who may be better than they; neither let women scoff at women who may be better than themselves. And find not fault with one another, neither revile one another by nicknames. An evil name is ungodliness after belief. And whoso repents not, those -- they are the evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! No men shall deride [other] men: it may well be that those [whom they deride] are better than themselves; and no women [shall deride other] women: it may well be that those [whom they deride] are better than themselves. And neither shall you defame one another, nor insult one another by [opprobrious] epithets: evil is all imputation of iniquity after [one has attained to] faith; and they who [become guilty thereof and] do not repent - it is they, they who are evildoers!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you who believe | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | O you who believe | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | O you who believe | أمن |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Let) not | — |
| 5 | يَسْخَرْyaskhar | ridicule | سخر |
| 6 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | a people | قوم |
| 7 | مِّنmin | [of] | — |
| 8 | قَوْمٍqawmin | (another) people | قوم |
| 9 | عَسَىٰٓʿasā | perhaps | عسي |
| 10 | أَنan | that | — |
| 11 | يَكُونُوا۟yakūnū | they may be | كون |
| 12 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | better | خير |
| 13 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | than them | — |
| 14 | وَلَاwalā | and (let) not | — |
| 15 | نِسَآءٌۭnisāon | women | نسو |
| 16 | مِّنmin | [of] | — |
| 17 | نِّسَآءٍnisāin | (other) women | نسو |
| 18 | عَسَىٰٓʿasā | perhaps | عسي |
| 19 | أَنan | that | — |
| 20 | يَكُنَّyakunna | they may be | كون |
| 21 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | better | خير |
| 22 | مِّنْهُنَّ ۖmin'hunna | than them | — |
| 23 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 24 | تَلْمِزُوٓا۟talmizū | insult | لمز |
| 25 | أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakum | yourselves | نفس |
| 26 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 27 | تَنَابَزُوا۟tanābazū | call each other | نبز |
| 28 | بِٱلْأَلْقَـٰبِ ۖbil-alqābi | by nicknames | لقب |
| 29 | بِئْسَbi'sa | Wretched is | بأس |
| 30 | ٱلِٱسْمُl-s'mu | the name | سمو |
| 31 | ٱلْفُسُوقُl-fusūqu | (of) disobedience | فسق |
| 32 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 33 | ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚl-īmāni | the faith | أمن |
| 34 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 35 | لَّمْlam | (does) not | — |
| 36 | يَتُبْyatub | repent | توب |
| 37 | فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika | then those | — |
| 38 | هُمُhumu | they | — |
| 39 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna | (are) the wrongdoers | ظلم |