Surah Al-Hujurat, Ayah 6 (49:6)

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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌۢ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟ أَن تُصِيبُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا …

Quran 49:6 is ayah 6 of Surah Al-Hujurat (“The Rooms”), a Medinan surah of 18 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 516 of the Madani Mushaf.

49:6
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِنجَآءَكُمْفَاسِقٌۢبِنَبَإٍفَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟أَنتُصِيبُوا۟قَوْمًۢابِجَهَٰلَةٍفَتُصْبِحُوا۟عَلَىٰمَافَعَلْتُمْنَٰدِمِينَ٦
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū in jāakum fāsiqun binaba-in fatabayyanū an tuṣībū qawman bijahālatin fatuṣ'biḥū ʿalā mā faʿaltum nādimīna

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.(6)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
  3. ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūO you who believe
  4. إِنinIf
  5. جَآءَكُمْjāakumcomes to you
  6. فَاسِقٌۢfāsiquna wicked person
  7. بِنَبَإٍbinaba-inwith information
  8. فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟fatabayyanūinvestigate
  9. أَنanlest
  10. تُصِيبُوا۟tuṣībūyou harm
  11. قَوْمًۢاqawmana people
  12. بِجَهَٰلَةٍbijahālatinin ignorance
  13. فَتُصْبِحُوا۟fatuṣ'biḥūthen you become
  14. عَلَىٰʿalāover
  15. مَاmāwhat
  16. فَعَلْتُمْfaʿaltumyou have done
  17. نَٰدِمِينَnādimīnaregretful

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