Surah Al-Hujurat 49:13

Monday, 2 March 2026

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يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا ۚ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ

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"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."

اے لوگو! ہم نے تمہیں ایک مرد اور عورت سے پیدا کیا اور تمہیں قومیں اور قبیلے بنایا تاکہ تم ایک دوسرے کو پہچانو۔ بے شک اللہ کے نزدیک تم میں سب سے معزز وہ ہے جو سب سے زیادہ تقویٰ رکھتا ہے۔

Explanation

Human beings differ from each other in many ways, notably in terms of race and place of origin—some are black, some are white, some are from the rain forests, some are from the tundra. But all these differences are for the purpose of identification—not for the making of distinctions. Indeed, many evils have stemmed from these differences being used to discriminate between one person and another, between one community and another, between one nation and another. Humanity has been eternally torn asunder by such prejudice. Human beings, in view of their origin, are all one. Among them, if at all there is any basis for distinction, it is as to who is fearful of God and who is not. Even this is known only to God and not to any human being.

— Source: Tazkirul Quran (Maulana Wahiduddin Khan) via Quran.com (49:13)

Context

A universal charter of human equality anchored in God-consciousness.

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