Surah Al-Ĥujurāt (The Rooms) in English

1. ولو أنهم صبروا حتى تخرج إليهم لكان خيرا لهم والله غفور رحيم

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   Had they been patient until you came out for them, it would have been better for them, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   wa-law ʾannahum ṣabarū ḥattā takhruja ʾilayhim la-kāna khayran lahum wa-llāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun

2. يا أيها الذين آمنوا إن جاءكم فاسق بنبإ فتبينوا أن تصيبوا قوما بجهالة فتصبحوا على ما فعلتم نادمين

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   O you who have faith! If a vicious character brings you some news, verify it, lest you should visit [harm] on some people out of ignorance, and then become regretful for what you have done.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾin jāʾakum fāsiqun bi-nabaʾin fa-tabayyanū ʾan tuṣībū qawman bi-jahālatin fa-tuṣbiḥū ʿalā mā faʿaltum nādimīna

3. واعلموا أن فيكم رسول الله لو يطيعكم في كثير من الأمر لعنتم ولكن الله حبب إليكم الإيمان وزينه في قلوبكم وكره إليكم الكفر والفسوق والعصيان أولئك هم الراشدون

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   Know that the Apostle of Allah is among you. Should he comply with you in many matters, you would surely suffer. But Allah has endeared faith to you and made it appealing in your hearts, and He has made hateful to you faithlessness, transgression and disobedience. It is such who are the right-minded—

   wa-ʿlamū ʾanna fīkum rasūla llāhi law yuṭīʿukum fī kathīrin mina l-ʾamri la-ʿanittum wa-lākinna llāha ḥabbaba ʾilaykumu l-ʾīmāna wa-zayyanahū fī qulūbikum wa-karraha ʾilaykumu l-kufra wa-l-fusūqa wa-l-ʿiṣyāna ʾulāʾika humu r-rāshidūna

4. فضلا من الله ونعمة والله عليم حكيم

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   a grace and blessing from Allah, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   faḍlan mina llāhi wa-niʿmatan wa-llāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

5. وإن طائفتان من المؤمنين اقتتلوا فأصلحوا بينهما فإن بغت إحداهما على الأخرى فقاتلوا التي تبغي حتى تفيء إلى أمر الله فإن فاءت فأصلحوا بينهما بالعدل وأقسطوا إن الله يحب المقسطين

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   If two groups of the faithful fight one another, make peace between them. But if one party of them aggresses against the other, fight the one which aggresses until it returns to Allah’s ordinance. Then, if it returns, make peace between them fairly, and do justice. Indeed Allah loves the just.

   wa-ʾin ṭāʾifatāni mina l-muʾminīna qtatalū fa-ʾaṣliḥū baynahumā fa-ʾin baghat ʾiḥdāhumā ʿalā l-ʾukhrā fa-qātilū llatī tabghī ḥattā tafīʾa ʾilā ʾamri llāhi fa-ʾin fāʾat fa-ʾaṣliḥū baynahumā bi-l-ʿadli wa-ʾaqsiṭū ʾinna llāha yuḥibbu l-muqsiṭīna

6. إنما المؤمنون إخوة فأصلحوا بين أخويكم واتقوا الله لعلكم ترحمون

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   The faithful are indeed brothers. Therefore, make peace between your brothers and be wary of Allah, so that you may receive [His] mercy.

   ʾinnamā l-muʾminūna ʾikhwatun fa-ʾaṣliḥū bayna ʾakhawaykum wa-ttaqū llāha laʿallakum turḥamūna

7. يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا يسخر قوم من قوم عسى أن يكونوا خيرا منهم ولا نساء من نساء عسى أن يكن خيرا منهن ولا تلمزوا أنفسكم ولا تنابزوا بالألقاب بئس الاسم الفسوق بعد الإيمان ومن لم يتب فأولئك هم الظالمون

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   O you who have faith! Let not any people ridicule another people: it may be that they are better than they are; nor let women [ridicule] women: it may be that they are better than they are. And do not defame one another, nor insult one another by [calling] nicknames. How evil are profane names subsequent to faith! As for those who are not penitent [of their past conduct]—such are the wrongdoers.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā yaskhar qawmun min qawmin ʿasā ʾan yakūnū khayran minhum wa-lā nisāʾun min nisāʾin ʿasā ʾan yakunna khayran minhunna wa-lā talmizū ʾanfusakum wa-lā tanābazū bi-l-ʾalqābi biʾsa l-ʾismu l-fusūqu baʿda l-ʾīmāni wa-man lam yatub fa-ʾulāʾika humu ẓ-ẓālimūna