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Al-Hujurat (The Rooms)

Verse 6of 18

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌۢ بِنَبَإٍۢ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟ أَن تُصِيبُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٍۢ فَتُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَٰدِمِينَ﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūO you who believe
إِنinIf
جَآءَكُمْjāakumcomes to you
فَاسِقٌۢfāsiquna wicked person
بِنَبَإٍۢbinaba-inwith information
فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟fatabayyanūinvestigate
أَنanlest
تُصِيبُوا۟tuṣībūyou harm
قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
بِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢbijahālatinin ignorance
فَتُصْبِحُوا۟fatuṣ'biḥūthen you become
عَلَىٰʿalāover
مَاwhat
فَعَلْتُمْfaʿaltumyou have done
نَـٰدِمِينَnādimīnaregretful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Admonishing Those Who call the Prophet from behind DwellingsAllah the Exalted and Most Blessed admonished those, such as the uncivilized bedouins, who used to call to the Prophet from behind the dwellings which belong to his wives,أَكْثَرُهُمْ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ(most of them have no sense.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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