Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And We made you into peoples and tribes so that you may know one another”
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Question:
He says: I have an inquiry regarding the second verse in his message to Your Eminence the Shaykh, concerning the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: “And likewise”[Al-Hujurat 49:13].
Answer:
The verse is: “O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another”[Al-Hujurat 49:13]. The peoples are the non-Arabs and the tribes are the Arabs, and this is for the sake of mutual acquaintance and communication among them, not for boasting about lineages or disparaging the lineages of others, but rather for mutual acquaintance and communication among relatives. Yes.
He says: I have an inquiry regarding the second verse in his message to Your Eminence the Shaykh, concerning the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: “And likewise”
and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.
وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْAnswer:
The verse is: “O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another”
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (189) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-08-20] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (13:56)
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