Sure 17 Al-Israa — Aya 53
وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوًّۭا مُّبِينًۭا
Und sprich zu Meinen Dienern, sie möchten nur das Beste reden; denn Satan stiftet zwischen ihnen Zwietracht. Wahrlich, Satan ist dem Menschen ein offenkundiger Feind.
waqul liʿibādī yaqūlū allatī hiya aḥsanu inna l-shayṭāna yanzaghu baynahum inna l-shayṭāna kāna lil'insāni ʿaduwwan mubīnan
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- وَقُل waqul And say
- لِّعِبَادِى liʿibādī to My slaves
- يَقُولُوا۟ yaqūlū (to) say
- ٱلَّتِى allatī that
- هِىَ hiya which
- أَحْسَنُ ۚ aḥsanu (is) best
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ l-shayṭāna the Shaitaan
- يَنزَغُ yanzaghu sows discord
- بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ baynahum between them
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ l-shayṭāna the Shaitaan
- كَانَ kāna is
- لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ lil'insāni to the man
- عَدُوًّۭا ʿaduwwan an enemy
- مُّبِينًۭا mubīnan clear
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
People should speak Good Words with Politeness
Allah commands His servant Muhammad ﷺ to tell the believing servants of Allah that they should address one another in their conversations and discussions with the best and politest of words, for if they do not do that, Shaytan will sow discord among them, and words will lead to actions, so that evil and conflicts and fights will arise among them. For Shaytan is the enemy of Adam and his descendants, and has been since he refused to prostrate to Adam. His enmity is obvious and manifest. For this reason it is forbidden for a man to point at his Muslim brother with an iron instrument, for Shaytan may cause him to strike him with it. (Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«لَا يُشِيرَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى أَخِيهِ بِالسِّلَاحِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي أَحَدُكُمْ لَعَلَّ الشَّيْطَانَ أَنْ يَنْزِعَ فِي يَدِهِ فَيَقَعَ فِي حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّار»
(No one of you should point at his brother with a weapon, for he does not know whether Shaytan will cause him to strike him with it and thus be thrown into a pit of Fire.) Al-Bukhari and Muslim recorded this Hadith with the chain of narration from `Abdur-Razzaq.