Not Violating the Rights of your Tongue:

Nouman Ali Khan - Hujurat 49:11:


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يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْوَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِّن نِّسَاءٍ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّۖ وَلَا تَلْمِزُواأَنفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ ۖ بِئْسَالِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَتُبْ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

O you who have believed, let not a peopleridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women;perhaps they may be better than them.

And do not
insultyourSelves by calling each other [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

[al Hujurat 49:11]

 


O you who believe, do not let any group of people poke fun at another group..

yaSkhar - sakhirah / sukhriyah - make fun of AND be sarcastic.

similar word;
istaHza - "make fun of"

 

The ayah before this, Allah told us that the believers are brothers. So He is showing us that being sarcastic with each other and making fun of each other (even if in jokes) is forbidden, because that will cause your brotherhood to break up.

i.e. Insulting someones flaws i.e. Height, looks, the type of car they have etc is all included.

 

It may be that -in the sight of Allah- the group being ridiculed is better than the Insulters.

Usually, insulters only be sarcastic because they think they're better, but Allah is telling us that this might not necessarily be true.

i.e. Many comedians make fun of other cultures. Yet Allah is saying that the group (Qawm - people) being ridiculed might be better.

 

 

And women should not make fun of other women.

Allah mentioned nations (Qawm) before (implying men and women in them nations), but now He is hinting that Women also do it specifically, and that they shouldn't.


This might imply that Women also do it, but in a different way to how men do it.

"Maybe the ones being made fun of are better than them (the insulters)."


wa laa taLmizoo..

Lamz:
Criticizing someone by;
- through Bodily gesture
- Eye movement (i.e. rolling eyes, or wink of sarcasm etc.)
- Deep breath (sarcasm)
- snickering at someone
- muttering under your breath.
[Definition from Classical Lisan al 'Arab Lexicon.]

 

Allah knows the types of insults humans use, so He used the word Lamz to forbid all of them.

But amazingly, Allah did not say that you should not insult others.

He said;

 

"wa laa taLmizoo aNfusaKum - and do not Insult YOURSELFS."


This implies;

1 - When we are insulting another believer, we are infact insulting ourselves. Because we are One people, One nation. By insulting another believer, we are harming our Muslim Ummah (nation).

2 - We are harming ourselves by insulting others because it will be written as a sin on our record.

 

..And don't call each other by (insulting) nicknames...

Nabaza - to try to come up with Artificial nicknames [Luqb] to Insult a person. While they are offended by it.

This might even be through joking with friends (i.e. calling him "fatty" [fat] etc), and that person will feel some resentment and sadness in his heart. And if he does not respond in this life to them offensive names, on Judgment Day he will surely ask Allah for justice because he found offense to that.

 

..Bi's al Ismu-'l Fusooqu ba'd al emaan..
theCorrupt Name is utterly Despicable/disgusting (Bi's) after you have Emaan/Belief (ba'd al emaan)..


Because when a person has Emaan, how terrible can this offensive language - i.e. you insult others while knowing Allah is watching you?
These bad words are disgusting (Bi's) after you have Emaan. So you should stop using them.

 

- and whoever did not repent, then those are THE wrongdoers.

This insulting is a detriment of your faith, and giving up on them is a sign of Emaan/belief. If you don't give up on these Insultive words, then you are of the wrongdoers. (since it is these nasty words which break societies and brotherhood between the believers.)

 





  


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