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own stem, delighting the sowers. forgiveness and a great reward
He seeks to enrage the disbelievers to those of them who believe and
through them. God has promised do good works.

49. THE APARTMENTS (AL-HUJURAT)

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
1 Believers, do not push yourselves be better for them. But God is
forward in the presence of forgiving and merciful.
God and His Messenger. Fear 6 Believers, if an evil-doer
God—God hears all and brings you news, ascertain the
knows all. correctness of the report fully,
2 Believers, do not raise your lest you unwittingly harm others,
voices above the voice of the and then regret what you have
Prophet, and do not speak as done, 7 and know that the
loudly when speaking to him as Messenger of God is among you.
you do when speaking to one If he were to obey you in many
another, lest your actions come things, you would suffer for it.
to nothing without your realizing However, God has endeared the
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it. Those who lower their voices faith to you, and beautified it in
in the presence of God’s your hearts, and has made denial
Messenger are men whose hearts of the truth, wickedness, and
God has tested for piety—they disobedience hateful to you.
shall have forgiveness and a great People such as these are rightly
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reward— those who call out to guided 8 through God’s bounty
you from outside your apartments and favour; God is all knowing,
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are lacking in understanding. If and wise.
they waited patiently until you 9 If two parties of believers
came out to see them, it would fight against each other, make