Quran 49:13 — Al-Hujuraat, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
People, We created you all from a single man and a single woman, and made you into races and tribes so that you should recognize one another. In God’s eyes, the most honoured of you are the ones most mindful of Him: God is all knowing, all aware.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا ۚ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ
yāayyuhā l-nāsu innā khalaqnākum min dhakarin wa-unthā wajaʿalnākum shuʿūban waqabāila litaʿārafū inna akramakum ʿinda l-lahi atqākum inna l-laha ʿalīmun khabīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O mankind, We have created you male and female, and appointed you races and tribes, that you may know one another. Surely the noblest among you in the sight of God is the most godfearing of you. God is All-knowing, All-aware.
- Muhammad Asad
- O men! Behold, We have created you all out of a male and a female, and have made you into nations and tribes, so that you might come to know one another. Verily, the noblest of you in the sight of God is the one who is most deeply conscious of Him. Behold, God is all-knowing, all-aware.
- Sahih International
- O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allāh is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O mankind | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | O mankind | نوس |
| 3 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 4 | خَلَقْنَـٰكُمkhalaqnākum | created you | خلق |
| 5 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 6 | ذَكَرٍۢdhakarin | a male | ذكر |
| 7 | وَأُنثَىٰwa-unthā | and a female | أنث |
| 8 | وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْwajaʿalnākum | and We made you | جعل |
| 9 | شُعُوبًۭاshuʿūban | nations | شعب |
| 10 | وَقَبَآئِلَwaqabāila | and tribes | قبل |
| 11 | لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ ۚlitaʿārafū | that you may know one another | عرف |
| 12 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 13 | أَكْرَمَكُمْakramakum | (the) most noble of you | كرم |
| 14 | عِندَʿinda | near | عند |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 16 | أَتْقَىٰكُمْ ۚatqākum | (is the) most righteous of you | وقي |
| 17 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 18 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 19 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 20 | خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun | All-Aware | خبر |