بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

اَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تُقَدِّمُوْا بَیْنَ یَدَیِ اللّٰهِ وَ رَسُوْلِهٖ وَ اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَمِیْعٌ عَلِیْمٌ(1) یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَرْفَعُوْۤا اَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِیِّ وَ لَا تَجْهَرُوْا لَهٗ بِالْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ اَنْ تَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالُكُمْ وَ اَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُوْنَ(2) اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یَغُضُّوْنَ اَصْوَاتَهُمْ عِنْدَ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ اُولٰٓىٕكَ الَّذِیْنَ امْتَحَنَ اللّٰهُ قُلُوْبَهُمْ لِلتَّقْوٰىؕ-لَهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَّ اَجْرٌ عَظِیْمٌ(3) اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یُنَادُوْنَكَ مِنْ وَّرَآءِ الْحُجُرٰتِ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا یَعْقِلُوْنَ(4) وَ لَوْ اَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوْا حَتّٰى تَخْرُ جَ اِلَیْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَیْرًا لَّهُمْؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ(5) یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اِنْ جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌۢ بِنَبَاٍ فَتَبَیَّنُوْۤا اَنْ تُصِیْبُوْا قَوْمًۢا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوْا عَلٰى مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نٰدِمِیْنَ(6) وَ اعْلَمُوْۤا اَنَّ فِیْكُمْ رَسُوْلَ اللّٰهِؕ-لَوْ یُطِیْعُكُمْ فِیْ كَثِیْرٍ مِّنَ الْاَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَ لٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ حَبَّبَ اِلَیْكُمُ الْاِیْمَانَ وَ زَیَّنَهٗ فِیْ قُلُوْبِكُمْ وَ كَرَّهَ اِلَیْكُمُ الْكُفْرَ وَ الْفُسُوْقَ وَ الْعِصْیَانَؕ-اُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الرّٰشِدُوْنَ(7) فَضْلًا مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَ نِعْمَةًؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ عَلِیْمٌ حَكِیْمٌ(8) وَ اِنْ طَآىٕفَتٰنِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ اقْتَتَلُوْا فَاَصْلِحُوْا بَیْنَهُمَاۚ-فَاِنْۢ بَغَتْ اِحْدٰىهُمَا عَلَى الْاُخْرٰى فَقَاتِلُوا الَّتِیْ تَبْغِیْ حَتّٰى تَفِیْٓءَ اِلٰۤى اَمْرِ اللّٰهِۚ-فَاِنْ فَآءَتْ فَاَصْلِحُوْا بَیْنَهُمَا بِالْعَدْلِ وَ اَقْسِطُوْاؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِیْنَ(9) اِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ اِخْوَةٌ فَاَصْلِحُوْا بَیْنَ اَخَوَیْكُمْ وَ اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُوْنَ(10) یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا یَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّنْ قَوْمٍ عَسٰۤى اَنْ یَّكُوْنُوْا خَیْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَ لَا نِسَآءٌ مِّنْ نِّسَآءٍ عَسٰۤى اَنْ یَّكُنَّ خَیْرًا مِّنْهُنَّۚ-وَ لَا تَلْمِزُوْۤا اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ لَا تَنَابَزُوْا بِالْاَلْقَابِؕ-بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوْقُ بَعْدَ الْاِیْمَانِۚ-وَ مَنْ لَّمْ یَتُبْ فَاُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ(11) یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوْا كَثِیْرًا مِّنَ الظَّنِّ٘-اِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ اِثْمٌ وَّ لَا تَجَسَّسُوْا وَ لَا یَغْتَبْ بَّعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًاؕ-اَیُحِبُّ اَحَدُكُمْ اَنْ یَّاْكُلَ لَحْمَ اَخِیْهِ مَیْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوْهُؕ-وَ اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ تَوَّابٌ رَّحِیْمٌ(12) یٰۤاَیُّهَا النَّاسُ اِنَّا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ مِّنْ ذَكَرٍ وَّ اُنْثٰى وَ جَعَلْنٰكُمْ شُعُوْبًا وَّ قَبَآىٕلَ لِتَعَارَفُوْاؕ-اِنَّ اَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ اَتْقٰىكُمْؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِیْمٌ خَبِیْرٌ(13) قَالَتِ الْاَعْرَابُ اٰمَنَّاؕ-قُلْ لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوْا وَ لٰـكِنْ قُوْلُوْۤا اَسْلَمْنَا وَ لَمَّا یَدْخُلِ الْاِیْمَانُ فِیْ قُلُوْبِكُمْؕ-وَ اِنْ تُطِیْعُوا اللّٰهَ وَ رَسُوْلَهٗ لَا یَلِتْكُمْ مِّنْ اَعْمَالِكُمْ شَیْــٴًـاؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ(14) اِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ وَ رَسُوْلِهٖ ثُمَّ لَمْ یَرْتَابُوْا وَ جٰهَدُوْا بِاَمْوَالِهِمْ وَ اَنْفُسِهِمْ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِؕ-اُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الصّٰدِقُوْنَ(15) قُلْ اَتُعَلِّمُوْنَ اللّٰهَ بِدِیْنِكُمْؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ یَعْلَمُ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ مَا فِی الْاَرْضِؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَیْءٍ عَلِیْمٌ(16) یَمُنُّوْنَ عَلَیْكَ اَنْ اَسْلَمُوْاؕ-قُلْ لَّا تَمُنُّوْا عَلَیَّ اِسْلَامَكُمْۚ-بَلِ اللّٰهُ یَمُنُّ عَلَیْكُمْ اَنْ هَدٰىكُمْ لِلْاِیْمَانِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ(17) اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یَعْلَمُ غَیْبَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ بَصِیْرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ(18)

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. O you who believe! Do not put (yourselves) forward before Allah and His Messenger (), and fear Allah. Verily! Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. 2. O you who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet (), nor speak aloud to him in talk as you speak aloud to one another, lest your deeds may be rendered fruitless while you perceive not. 3. Verily! Those who lower their voices in the presence of Allah’s Messenger (), they are the ones whose hearts Allah has tested for piety. For them is forgiveness and a great reward. 4. Verily! Those who call you from behind the dwellings, most of them have no sense. 5. And if they had patience till you could come out to them, it would have been better for them. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 6. O you who believe! If a rebellious evil person comes to you with a news, verify it, lest you harm people in ignorance, and afterwards you become regretful to what you have done. 7. And know that, among you there is the Messenger of Allah (). If he were to obey you (i.e. follow your opinions and desires) in much of the matter, you would surely be in trouble, but Allah has endeared the Faith to you and has beautified it in your hearts, and has made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience (to Allah and His Messenger ) hateful to you. These! They are the rightly guided ones, 8. (This is) a Grace from Allah and His Favour. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. 9. And if two parties or groups among the believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them both, but if one of them rebels against the other, then fight you (all) against the one that which rebels till it complies with the Command of Allah; then if it complies, then make reconciliation between them justly, and be equitable. Verily! Allah loves those who are equitable. 10. The believers are nothing else than brothers (in Islamic religion). So make reconciliation between your brothers, and fear Allah, that you may receive mercy. 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”, etc.]. And whosoever does not repent, then such are indeed Zalimun (wrong-doers, etc.). 12. O you who believe! Avoid much suspicions, indeed some suspicions are sins. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting) . And fear Allah. Verily, Allah is the One Who accepts repentance, Most Merciful. 13. O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honourable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has At-Taqwa [i.e. one of the Muttaqun (pious – see V.2:2)]. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware. 14. The bedouins say: “We believe.” Say: “You believe not but you only say, ‘We have surrendered (in Islam),’ for Faith has not yet entered your hearts. But if you obey Allah and His Messenger (), He will not decrease anything in reward for your deeds. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” 15. Only those are the believers who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and afterward doubt not but strive with their wealth and their lives for the Cause of Allah. Those! They are the truthful. 16. Say: “Will you inform Allah about your religion? While Allah knows all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and Allah is All-Aware of everything. 17. They regard as favour upon you (O Muhammad ) that they have embraced Islam. Say: “Count not your Islam as a favour upon me. Nay, but Allah has conferred a favour upon you, that He has guided you to the Faith, if you indeed are true. 18. Verily, Allah knows the unseen of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is the All-Seer of what you do.

Summary:

Verses 1-2: The Surah begins with a call to the believers to show respect for Allah and His Messenger. It warns against speaking or acting before Allah and His Messenger, stressing that their decisions should be obeyed. The believers are instructed to avoid excessive questioning and to keep their voices lower than the Prophet’s. Verse 3: This verse assures that those who lower their voices in the presence of the Prophet are the ones whose hearts Allah has tested for piety. They are promised forgiveness and a great reward. Verses 4-5: The Surah addresses the issue of people who make unnecessary noise or shout when speaking to the Prophet. It condemns those who do so, emphasizing that their behavior is unacceptable and that they will be subjected to divine punishment if they do not repent. Verse 6: This verse instructs believers to verify news and information before accepting or acting upon it. It warns against spreading false information and creating discord, urging people to investigate matters thoroughly. Verses 7-8: The Surah describes the Prophet as a guide and emphasizes that he acts on divine guidance. It highlights that his decisions are based on wisdom and truth. The verse also explains that Allah’s favor and blessings are bestowed upon those who support and follow the Prophet’s teachings. Verses 9-10: It provides guidance on resolving conflicts among believers. If two parties are in dispute, the Surah instructs that they should be reconciled through justice and fairness. It emphasizes the importance of unity among believers and reminds them that they are brothers in faith. Verse 11: This verse addresses the issue of mocking, ridiculing, or disparaging others. It prohibits such behavior and encourages believers to refrain from using derogatory terms or making fun of one another. Instead, it calls for respect and understanding. Verse 12: The Surah condemns suspicion, spying, and backbiting, urging believers to avoid these behaviors. It highlights the harm these actions cause to individuals and the community, advocating for sincerity and respect. Verses 13-14: These verses emphasize the equality of all human beings in the sight of Allah, regardless of their race or social status. They remind that true honor and respect come from piety and good deeds, not superficial attributes. Verse 15: It defines true faith as being characterized by sincere belief in Allah and His Messenger, and by striving in His cause with steadfastness and devotion. Verses 16-18: The Surah addresses the nature of faith and the concept of submission to Allah’s will. It reminds believers that Allah is aware of all their actions and intentions. It stresses that the ultimate goal is to please Allah and to act in accordance with His guidance.