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Al-Mujadila (The Pleading Woman)

Verse 11of 22

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ تَفَسَّحُوا۟ فِى ٱلْمَجَٰلِسِ فَٱفْسَحُوا۟ يَفْسَحِ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا قِيلَ ٱنشُزُوا۟ فَٱنشُزُوا۟ يَرْفَعِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ دَرَجَٰتٍۢ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌۭ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, when you are told, "Space yourselves" in assemblies, then make space; Allah will make space for you. And when you are told, "Arise," then arise; Allah will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūO you who believe
إِذَاidhāWhen
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَكُمْlakumto you
تَفَسَّحُوا۟tafassaḥūMake room
فِىin
ٱلْمَجَـٰلِسِl-majālisithe assemblies
فَٱفْسَحُوا۟fa-if'saḥūthen make room
يَفْسَحِyafsaḥiAllah will make room
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will make room
لَكُمْ ۖlakumfor you
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
ٱنشُزُوا۟unshuzūRise up
فَٱنشُزُوا۟fa-unshuzūthen rise up
يَرْفَعِyarfaʿiAllah will raise
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will raise
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
دَرَجَـٰتٍۢ ۚdarajātin(in) degrees
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun(is) All-Aware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Manners for AssembliesAllah teaches His servants good manners and orders them to be kind to each other when they are sitting together,يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ تَفَسَّحُواْ فِى الْمَجَـلِسِ(O you who believe! When you are told to make room in the assemblies,)فَافْسَحُواْ يَفْسَحِ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ(make room. Allah will give you room.) Indeed, the reward or recompense depends on the type of action.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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