Translation of the meanings Ayah 11 Surah Al-Hujurāt - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 11

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

11. O believers, let not men mock other men6, perhaps those 'whom they mock' are better than them. Let no women 'mock other' women, perhaps those 'whom they mock' are better than them. Neither should you defame (hate, envy, or turn away from) one another, nor call one another by 'offensive' nicknames. How bad it is the name indicating wickedness after (one has attained) the Faith. Whoever does not repent, then it is these that are the unjust.

6. There are seven things that Allāh hates: To look down on others, to tell lies, to shed innocent blood, to devise wicked plans, to walk to evil, to give false witness, and to sow discord among brothers.