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Chapter 49, The Apartments (Al-Hujurat) · verse 1To hold one’s opinion superior to that of the Prophet is forbidden.Chapter 49, The Apartments (Al-Hujurat) · verses 2–5The Bedouin tribes from the areas surrounding Madinah were not mature in understanding.Chapter 49, The Apartments (Al-Hujurat) · verses 6–8If anyone provides information about another which takes the form of allegations against the latter, ready acceptance of this news on simply hearing it is absolutely against the precautions imposed by the Faith.Chapter 49, The Apartments (Al-Hujurat) · verses 9–10How should Muslims live and behave with each other?Chapter 49, The Apartments (Al-Hujurat) · verse 11From birth, there is hidden in every man an instinct to be ‘great’.Chapter 49, The Apartments (Al-Hujurat) · verse 12If a man harbours suspicion against another, everything about the latter appears wrong to him, for his mind starts drifting in negative and wrong directions.Chapter 49, The Apartments (Al-Hujurat) · verse 13Human beings differ from each other in many ways, notably in terms of race and place of origin—some are black, some are white, some are from the rain forests, some are from the tundra.Chapter 49, The Apartments (Al-Hujurat) · verses 14–15There were many small tribes around the Madinah township.Chapter 49, The Apartments (Al-Hujurat) · verses 16–18If anyone embraces Islam or some Islamic task is accomplished through him, he should realize that this has come about with the help of God.