| | The Study Quran rendition of Surah The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments, The Chambers(al-Hujurat)
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| 49:1 | | you who believe! Advance not before God and His Messenger, and reverence God. Truly God is Hearing, Knowing |
| 49:2 | | O you who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor address him in the manner that you address one another, lest your deeds come to naught, while you are unaware |
| 49:3 | | Truly those who lower their voices before the Messenger of God, they are the ones whose hearts God has tested for reverence. Theirs shall be forgiveness and a great reward |
| 49:4 | | Truly those who call thee from behind the apartments, most of them understand not |
| 49:5 | | Had they been patient until thou camest out unto them, it would have been better for them. And God is Forgiving, Merciful. |
| 49:6 | | you who believe! If an iniquitous person comes to you with tidings, then be discerning, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become remorseful over that which you have done |
| 49:7 | | And know that the Messenger of God is among you. Were he to obey you in many matters, you would suffer. But God has caused you to love faith and has made it seem fair in your hearts, and He has caused you to despise disbelief, iniquity, and disobedience—such are the rightly guided |
| 49:8 | | as a bounty from God and a blessing; and God is Knowing, Wise |
| 49:9 | | If two parties among the believers fall to fighting, make peace between them. If one of them aggresses against the other, fight those who aggress until they return to God’s Command. And if they return, make peace between them with justice and act equitably. Truly God loves the just |
| 49:10 | | The believers are but brothers; so make peace between your brethren, and reverence God, that haply you may receive mercy |
| 49:11 | | O you who believe! Let not one people deride another; it may be that they are better than them. Nor let women deride other women; it may be that they are better than them. And do not defame yourselves or insult one another with nicknames; how evil is the iniquitous name after having believed! And whosoever does not repent, they are the wrongdoers |
| 49:12 | | O you who believe! Shun much conjecture. Indeed, some conjecture is a sin. And do not spy upon one another, nor backbite one another. Would any of you desire to eat the dead flesh of his brother? You would abhor it. And reverence God. Truly God is Relenting, Merciful |
| 49:13 | | O mankind! Truly We created you from a male and a female, and We made you peoples and tribes that you may come to know one another. Surely the most noble of you before God are the most reverent of you. Truly God is Knowing, Aware |
| 49:14 | | The Bedouin say, “We believe.” Say, “You believe not. Rather, say, ‘We have submitted,’ for belief has not yet entered your hearts. Yet if you obey God and His Messenger, He will not diminish for you aught of your deeds. Truly God is Forgiving, Merciful. |
| 49:15 | | Only they are believers who believe in God and His Messenger, then do not doubt, and who strive with their wealth and theirselves in the way of God; it is they who are the truthful |
| 49:16 | | Say, “Would you teach God about your religion, when God knows whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth?” And God is Knower of all things |
| 49:17 | | They count it as a favor to thee that they have submitted. Say, “Do not count your submission as a favor to me. Nay, rather God confers a favor upon you, in that He has guided you to belief, if you are truthful |
| 49:18 | | Truly God knows the unseen of the heavens and the earth, and God sees whatsoever you do. |
