The Holy Quran 49:13 — Surah Al-Hujurat

Arabic text

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

Translation

O people! We have certainly created you from a single male (Aadam عليه الصلاة والسلام) and female (Hawwa) and made you into various families (nations) and tribes so that you may recognise each other (so that each person may know where he belongs and who the others are). (Your differences in lineage and race do not make any of you superior to others because) Verily, the most honoured of you in Allaah's sight is the one with the most Taqwa. (piety, purity, righteousness) Allaah is certainly All Knowing, Informed (Only He knows whose Taqwa is best.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Most often the source of backbiting, taunting, reviling and fault-finding is arrogance: a person considers himself great and others contemptible. So it is explained to him that, in reality, whether a person is great or small, honourable or contemptible, has nothing to do with caste, family and lineage.

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