Sura 49 Al-Hujurat (The Inner Apartments), ayah 6

  1. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَنْ تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَ

    Translation by words

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
    O you who believe!
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    O you who believe!
    ءَامَنُوٓا۟
    O you who believe!
    إِن
    If
    جَآءَكُمْ
    comes to you
    فَاسِقٌۢ
    a wicked person
    بِنَبَإٍ
    with information,
    فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟
    investigate,
    أَن
    lest
    تُصِيبُوا۟
    you harm
    قَوْمًۢا
    a people
    بِجَهَٰلَةٍ
    in ignorance,
    فَتُصْبِحُوا۟
    then you become,
    عَلَىٰ
    over
    مَا
    what
    فَعَلْتُمْ
    you have done,
    نَٰدِمِينَ
    regretful.

    O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.

    49:6

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 49 Al-Hujurat (The Inner Apartments)