Al-Hujuraat (الحجرات) word by word, in full: Medinan, revealed in Medina, 18 verses, 347 words. Each verse is displayed in Arabic with its English translation, then broken down into words, each with its transliteration and meaning.
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O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.
Indeed, those who lower their voices before the Messenger of Allah - they are the ones whose hearts Allah has tested for righteousness. For them is forgiveness and great reward.
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.
And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know
أَنَّannathat
فِيكُمْfīkumamong you
رَسُولَrasūla(is the) Messenger of Allah
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(is the) Messenger of Allah
لَوْlawIf
يُطِيعُكُمْyuṭīʿukumhe were to obey you
فِىfīin
كَثِيرٍۢkathīrinmuch
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter
لَعَنِتُّمْlaʿanittumsurely you would be in difficulty
And if two factions among the believers should fight, then make settlement between the two. But if one of them oppresses the other, then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allah. And if it returns, then make settlement between them in justice and act justly. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.
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 of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.
O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who(believe)
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
ٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ij'tanibūAvoid
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
مِّنَminaof
ٱلظَّنِّl-ẓanithe assumption
إِنَّinnaIndeed
بَعْضَbaʿḍasome
ٱلظَّنِّl-ẓaniassumption
إِثْمٌۭ ۖith'mun(is) sin
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَجَسَّسُوا۟tajassasūspy
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
يَغْتَبyaghtabbackbite
بَّعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumsome of you
بَعْضًا ۚbaʿḍan(to) others
أَيُحِبُّayuḥibbuWould like
أَحَدُكُمْaḥadukumone of you
أَنanto
يَأْكُلَyakulaeat
لَحْمَlaḥma(the) flesh
أَخِيهِakhīhi(of) his brother
مَيْتًۭاmaytandead
فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ ۚfakarih'tumūhuNay, you would hate it
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 Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO mankind
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuO mankind
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
خَلَقْنَـٰكُمkhalaqnākumcreated you
مِّنminfrom
ذَكَرٍۢdhakarina male
وَأُنثَىٰwa-unthāand a female
وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْwajaʿalnākumand We made you
شُعُوبًۭاshuʿūbannations
وَقَبَآئِلَwaqabāilaand tribes
لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ ۚlitaʿārafūthat you may know one another
إِنَّinnaIndeed
أَكْرَمَكُمْakramakum(the) most noble of you
عِندَʿindanear
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَتْقَىٰكُمْ ۚatqākum(is the) most righteous of you
The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered your hearts. And if you obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not deprive you from your deeds of anything. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
The believers are only the ones who have believed in Allah and His Messenger and then doubt not but strive with their properties and their lives in the cause of Allah. It is those who are the truthful.
Say, "Would you acquaint Allah with your religion while Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and Allah is Knowing of all things?"
They consider it a favor to you that they have accepted Islam. Say, "Do not consider your Islam a favor to me. Rather, Allah has conferred favor upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if you should be truthful."
God and His angels shower their blessings on the Prophet. O believers, you should also send your blessings on him, and salute him with a worthy greeting.