Surah Al-Hujurat
(The Private Rooms)
Chapter 49
It is 18 Verses 2 Units (Ruku’): Revealed at Madinah
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
1. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Do not put (yourselves) before Allah and His Messenger, (rather wait for instruction) and be steadfast in adhering to the Commandments of Allah; surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
2. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet (Muhammad), and do not speak loudly to him as you speak loudly with one another, lest your (good) deeds become nullified while you do not perceive it.
3. Surely those who lower their voices before Allah’s Messenger (the Prophet Muhammad) are the ones whose hearts Allah has proven for piety; they shall have Forgiveness and a great reward (of Paradise).
4. (As for) those who call out to you (O Prophet Muhammad) from behind the private rooms, surely most of them do not understand.
5. And if they wait patiently until you come out to them, it would certainly be better for them, and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
6. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! If a disobedient one comes to you with news, look carefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance, then become regretful for what you have done.
7. And know that among you is Allah’s Messenger (the Prophet Muhammad); should he obey you in many a matter, you would surely fall into hardship, but Allah has endeared Faith to you, and has made it good and pleasing in your hearts, and He has made hateful to you disbelief, disobedience (to Allah), and committing sin. These are the rightly guided.
8. A Bounty from Allah and (His) Favor; and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
9. And if two parties of the believers fall into fighting, make peace between them; but if one of them acts wrongfully toward the other, fight the one that acts wrongfully until it complies with the Command of Allah, then if it complies (and ceases its outrage); then make reconciliation between them justly, and be equitable. Indeed, Allah loves those who are fair and just.
10. The believers are but brothers, therefore make peace between your brothers, and submit to the Commandments of Allah and abstain from what He prohibited, that you may be blessed with His Mercy (and be given a good life in this world and in the Hereafter).
11. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! No men should mock other men, it may well be that those (whom they mock) are better than them, and no women should (mock other) women, it may well be that those (whom they mock) are better than them; and neither should you defame (hate, envy, turn away from) one another, nor insult one another by nicknames; wretched is the bad name after Faith (in Islam), and whoever does not repent, these it is that are the unjust.
12. O you who believe (in Allah and His last Messenger Muhammad)! Avoid most of suspicion, for surely suspicion in some cases is a sin, and do not spy upon one another, nor let some of you backbite others. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? But you hate it (so hate backbiting); and keep to the Commandments of Allah, surely Allah is Oft-Returning (to Mercy), Merciful.
13. O people! Surely We (Allah) have created you of a male (Adam) and a female (Eve), and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another (and help one another in righteousness and in guarding against evil); surely the most honorable of you in the Sight of Allah is the most God-fearing among you. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
14. (Some of) the dwelleres of the desert said: We believe (in Allah, His last Messenger Muhammad, and the Last Day). Say: You have not (yet) believed, but say (instead): We have submitted (in Islam); for Faith has not yet entered into your hearts; and if you obey Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad), He (Allah) will not diminish anything of your (good) deeds; surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
15. The believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) then doubt not but struggle hard with their wealth and their lives in the Way of Allah; these are the ones who are the truthful.
16. Say: Do you inform Allah of your religion (i.e., of your faith and deeds), and Allah knows all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth; for Allah is All-Aware of everything.
17. They regard it as a favor upon you that they have embraced Islam. Say: Count not your Islam as a favor upon me; rather, Allah has conferred a Favor upon you by guiding you to the Faith, if you are indeed truthful.
18. Surely Allah knows the unseen things of the heavens and the earth; and Allah Ever Sees what you do