Surah Al-Hujurat — Verse 11
The Rooms · 49:11 · 11/18
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
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola yaskhar qawmun min qawmin AAasa an yakoonookhayran minhum wala nisaon min nisa-in AAasaan yakunna khayran minhunna wala talmizoo anfusakum walatanabazoo bil-alqabi bi'sa al-ismualfusooqu baAAda al-eemani waman lam yatub faola-ikahumu aththalimoon
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh 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.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
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.
Marmaduke Pickthall
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.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at others: It may be that the (latter are better than the (former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do not desist are (indeed) doing wrong.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
O you who believe, no men should ever scoff at other men. May be, the latter are better than the former. Nor should women (ever scoff) at other women. May be, the latter women are better than the former ones. And do not find fault with one another, nor call one another with bad nicknames. Bad is the name of sinfulness after embracing Faith. If anyone does not repent, then such people are the wrongdoers.
Al-Hilali & Khan
O you who believe! Let not a group scoff at another group, it may be that the latter are better than the former. Nor let (some) women scoff at other women, it may be that the latter are better than the former. Nor defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. How bad is it to insult one’s brother after having Faith [i.e. to call your Muslim brother (a faithful believer) as: "O sinner", or "O wicked"]. And whosoever does not repent, then such are indeed Zâlimûn (wrong-doers, etc.).
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Believers, let not a group (of men) scoff at another group, it may well be that the latter (at whom they scoff) are better than they; nor let a group of women scoff at another group, it may well be that the latter are better than they. And do not taunt one another, nor revile one another by nicknames. It is an evil thing to gain notoriety for ungodliness after belief. Those who do not repent are indeed the wrong-doers.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
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!
Rowwad · source edition
O you who believe, let not some men ridicule others, for it may be that they are better than them; nor let some women ridicule others, for it may be that they are better than them. Do not speak ill of one another, nor call one another by [offensive] nicknames. How evil is the name of wickedness after having faith! And whoever does not repent, it is they who are the wrongdoers.
Noor International · source edition
(11) 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.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
11. O you who believe! Let not a group scoff at another group, it may be that the latter are better than the former. Nor let (some) women scoff at other women, it may be that the latter are better than the former. Nor defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. How bad is it to insult one’s brother after having Faith [i.e. to call your Muslim brother (a faithful believer) as: "O sinner", or "O wicked"]. And whosoever does not repent, then such are indeed Zâlimûn (wrong-doers, etc.).
Reason for Revelation Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Arabic source: al-Wāḥidī / al-Suyūṭī, via Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies (CC BY 4.0)
قال تعالى: {يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِنْهُنَّ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ (11)} [الحجرات: 11].
283 - عَنْ أَبي جَبِيرَةَ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ - رضي الله عنه - قَالَ: فِينَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيةُ، فِي بَنِي سَلَمَةَ: {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ}، قَالَ: قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وَلَيْسَ مِنَا رَجُلٌ إلَّا وَلَهُ اسْمَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ، فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - يَقُولُ: "يَا فُلاَنُ"، فَيَقُولُونَ: مَهْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ يَغْضَبُ مِنْ هَذَا الِاسْم، فَأُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ}. واللفظ لأبي داود ¬أخرجه أبو داود برقم: 4962، والترمذي برقم: 3268، والنسائي في التفسير برقم: 536، وابن ماجه برقم: 3741، والحاكم: 2/ 463، وابن جرير: 26/ 132، وأحمد: 4/ 69، 260، 281 - 282، وابن حبان برقم: 5701، والبخاري في الأدب المفرد: برقم: 331، والطبراني في الكبير: 22/ برقم: 968، 969، وأبو يعلى برقم: 6853، وقال الترمذي: حسن صحيح، وصححه الحاكم ووافقه الذهبي، والحديث صحيح، وزاد عزوه في الدر: 6/ 91 لعبد بن حميد وابن المنذر والبغوي في معجمه والشيرازي في الألقاب وابن السني في عمل اليوم والليلة وابن مردويه والبيهقي في شعب الإيمان. وجاء بلفظ آخر عنه أخرجه أحمد: 5/ 380 وإسناده صحيح، والواحدي في الأسباب: ص. 41 برقم: 764، وقال الهيثمي في المجمع: 7/ 111: روه أحمد ورجاله رجال الصحيح.¥.
قال تعالى: {يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا قُلْ لَا تَمُنُّوا عَلَيَّ إِسْلَامَكُمْ بَلِ اللَّهُ يَمُنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ هَدَاكُمْ لِلْإِيمَانِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ (17)} [الحجرات: 17].
284 - عن ابن عباس -رضي الله عنهما- قال: جاءت بنو أسد إلى رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم -، فقالوا: يا رسول الله أسلمنا وقاتلتك العرب ولم نقاتلك، فقال رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم -: "إن فقههم قليل وإن الشيطان ينطق على ألسنتهم"، ونزلت هذه الآية: {يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا قُلْ لَا تَمُنُّوا عَلَيَّ إِسْلَامَكُمْ بَلِ اللَّهُ يَمُنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ هَدَاكُمْ لِلْإِيمَانِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ (17)} ¬أخرجه النَّسَائِيّ في التفسير برقم: 539، والبزار كما في تفسير ابن كثير: 4/ 220 - 221 وزاد عزوه في الدر: 6/ 26/ 100 لابن مردويه، والحديث صحيح لغيره، وله شاهد من حديث عبد الله بن أبي أوفى، قال الهيثمي في المجمع: 7/ 112: رواه الطبراني في الكبير والأوسط، وفيه الحجاج بن أرطاة وهو ثقة ولكنه مدلس، وبقية رجاله رجال الصحيح، وزاد عزوه في الدر لابن المنذر وابن مردويه بسند حسن، وحسنه أيضًا في لباب النقول: ص 199، وله شاهد من الحديث السابق، وقد جاء من مرسل قتادة، وسعيد بن جبير، ومجاهد عند ابن جرير: 26/ 142 بأسانيد صحيحة.¥.