يَٰٓأَيُّهَا

ٱلَّذِينَ

ءَامَنُواْ

لَا

يَسۡخَرۡ

قَوۡمٞ

مِّن

قَوۡمٍ

عَسَىٰٓ

أَن

يَكُونُواْ

خَيۡرٗا

مِّنۡهُمۡ

وَلَا

نِسَآءٞ

مِّن

نِّسَآءٍ

عَسَىٰٓ

أَن

يَكُنَّ

خَيۡرٗا

مِّنۡهُنَّۖ

وَلَا

تَلۡمِزُوٓاْ

أَنفُسَكُمۡ

وَلَا

تَنَابَزُواْ

بِٱلۡأَلۡقَٰبِۖ

بِئۡسَ

ٱلِٱسۡمُ

ٱلۡفُسُوقُ

بَعۡدَ

ٱلۡإِيمَٰنِۚ

وَمَن

لَّمۡ

يَتُبۡ

فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

هُمُ

ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

١١

O believers! Do not let some ˹men˺ ridicule others, they may be better than them, nor let ˹some˺ women ridicule other women, they may be better than them. Do not defame one another, nor call each other by offensive nicknames. How evil it is to act rebelliously after having faith! And whoever does not repent, it is they who are the ˹true˺ wrongdoers.

O  believers! Avoid many suspicions, ˹for˺ indeed, some suspicions are sinful. And do not spy, nor backbite one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of their dead brother? You would despise that!¹ And fear Allah. Surely Allah is ˹the˺ Accepter of Repentance, Most Merciful.

O humanity! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you may ˹get to˺ know one another. Surely the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous among you. Allah is truly All-Knowing, All-Aware.¹ 

˹Some of˺ the nomadic Arabs say, “We believe.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “You have not believed. But say, ‘We have submitted,’ for faith has not yet entered your hearts.¹ But if you obey Allah and His Messenger ˹wholeheartedly˺, He will not discount anything from ˹the reward of˺ your deeds. Allah is truly All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

The ˹true˺ believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger—never doubting—and strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of Allah. They are the ones true in faith.

Say, “Do you inform Allah of your faith, when Allah ˹already˺ knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth? And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things.”

They regard their acceptance of Islam as a favour to you. Tell ˹them, O  Prophet˺, “Do not regard your Islam as a favour to me. Rather, it is Allah Who has done you a favour by guiding you to the faith, if ˹indeed˺ you are faithful.

Surely Allah knows the unseen of the heavens and earth. And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.”