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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Hujurat 49:13

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتْقَىٰكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ

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 Allāh is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يا أيها الناس إنَّا خلقناكم من أب واحد هو آدم، وأُم واحدة هي حواء، فلا تفاضل بينكم في النسب، وجعلناكم بالتناسل شعوبًا وقبائل متعددة؛ ليعرف بعضكم بعضًا، إن أكرمكم عند الله أشدكم اتقاءً له. إن الله عليم بالمتقين، خبير بهم.

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