Surah Al-Hujurat 49:13 — translation and meaning

الحجرات · Verse 13 / 18 · Page 517

ۚ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
يَا أَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O mankind
النَّاسُ
al-nasu
O mankind
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed, We
خَلَقْنَاكُم
khalaqnakum
created you
مِّن
min
from
ذَكَرٍ
dhakarin
a male
وَأُنثَى
wa-untha
and a female
وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ
waja'alnakum
and We made you
شُعُوبًا
shu'uban
nations
وَقَبَائِلَ
waqabaila
and tribes
لِتَعَارَفُوا
lita'arafu
that you may know one another
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
أَكْرَمَكُمْ
akramakum
(the) most noble of you
عِندَ
inda
near
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
أَتْقَاكُمْ
atqakum
(is the) most righteous of you
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
عَلِيمٌ
alimun
(is) All-Knower
خَبِيرٌ
khabirun
All-Aware

Transliteration

Yaaa ayyuhan naasu innaa khalaqnaakum min zakarinw wa unsaa wa ja'alnaakum shu'oobanw wa qabaaa'ila lita'aarafoo inna akramakum 'indal laahi atqaakum innal laaha 'Aleemun khabeer

Translation

O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O people! Indeed, I have created you from one male: your father Adam, and one female: your mother Eve. Therefore, your lineage is the same, so some of you should not take pride in lineage over others. Then, I made you into many nations and dispersed tribes, so that you may recognise one another; not so that you take pride in them, because pride can only be due to Allah-consciousness; Indeed, the most noble from among you according to Allah is the one who is most mindful of Him. Indeed, Allah is aware of your conditions, knowing of what levels of perfection and deficiency you are on; nothing is hidden from him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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