O you who believe! Avoid most suspicion-some suspicion is sinful. And do not spy on one another, nor backbite one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would detest it. So remain mindful of God. God is Most Relenting, Most Merciful.
What does the Qur'an say about suspicion and spying?
Key findingsEditorial
One finding for each passage this study carries, in the order the study reads them. Each is the reason that passage was signed into the study, in full and unedited - including, where the renderings disagree, the disagreement.
- 01 49:12 Shun much suspicion, for some suspicion is a crime; and spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that. In because it is the ONLY verse in the four cleared renderings where a majority use this language, and because it puts suspicion, spying and backbiting in one sentence as a sequence. ALSO CARRIED by What does the Qur'an say about backbiting and slander?, with a different reason there.
In plain wordsEditorial written by the editors, not a translation
One verse qualified, and it happens to be the one that matters.
The declared synonym set - suspicion, surmise, spy, pry, curious, inquisitive - matched fourteen verses across the four renderings. In thirteen of them only ONE translator used the word, and Palmer accounts for most of those: he reaches for surmise where the others write conjecture or thought. Those are vocabulary, not subject matter. Only 49:12 has three or more translators using this language of the same verse.
What 49:12 does is put three things in order in a single sentence: shun much suspicion - and spy not - neither backbite one another. Read forward, it describes a sequence. A suspicion is entertained, it is checked by looking, and what is found is repeated. The verse interrupts at each stage.
Two qualifiers are easy to lose. It says shun MUCH suspicion, and it says SOME suspicion is a crime. Neither clause forbids all inference about other people, and a study that reported it as a blanket prohibition would be overstating it.
Then the image, which is the verse's own argument and not a commentator's: would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother?
There is no verse here about the state, about searching a house, or about surveillance. Entering houses without permission is a separate question, not answered here.
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49:12
Why this passage is in the study finding 01
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا۟ وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ رَّحِيمٌ
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Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo jtaniboo katheeran mina z-zanni inna ba'da z-zanni ithmun walaa tajassasoo walaa yaghtab ba'dukum ba'dan ayuhibbu ahadukum an ya'kula lahma akheehi maytan fakarihtumoohu waattaqoo llaaha inna llaaha tawwaabun raheem
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū ǧtanibū kaṯīran mina ẓ-ẓanni ʾinna baʿḍa ẓ-ẓanni ʾiṯmun walā taǧassasū walā yaġtab baʿḍukum baʿḍan ʾayuḥibbu ʾaḥadukum ʾan yaʾkula laḥma ʾaḫīhi maytan fakarihtumūhu wāttaqū llāha ʾinna llāha tawwābun raḥīmun
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O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful
O ye who believe! carefully avoid suspicion; verily, some suspicion is a sin. And do not play the spy, nor backbite each other; would one of you like to eat his dead brother's flesh?- why! ye would abhor it! then fear God; verily, God is relentant, compassionate
O Believers! avoid frequent suspicions, for some suspicions are a crime; and pry not: neither let the one of you traduce another in his absence. Would any one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Surely ye would loathe it. And fear ye God: for God is Ready to turn, Merciful
O true believers, carefully avoid entertaining a suspicion of another: For some suspicions are a crime. Inquire not too curiously into other mens failings: Neither let the one of you speak ill of another in his abscence. Would any of you desire to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Surely ye would abhor it. And fear God: For God is easy to be reconciled, and merciful
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Other languages (18)
O ju që besoni! Largojuni shumë paragjykimeve, sepse disa paragjykime janë gjynah. Mos gjurmoni dhe mos përgojoni njëri-tjetrin! A do të donte ndokush prej jush të hante mishin e vëllait të tij të vdekur? Gjithsesi se këtë do ta urrenit! Kijeni frikë Allahun! Vërtet, Allahu është Pranues i pendimit e Mëshirëplotë.
হে তোমরা যারা ঈমান এনেছ! তোমরা বেশি বেশি অনুমান করা থেকে দূরে থাকো। নিশ্চয় কোন কোন অনুমান তো পাপ। আর তোমরা গোপন বিষয় অনুসন্ধান করো না এবং একে অপরের গীবত করো না। তোমাদের মধ্যে কি কেউ তার মৃত ভাইয়ের গোশত খেতে পছন্দ করবে? তোমরা তো তা অপছন্দই করে থাক। আর তোমরা আল্লাহকে ভয় করো। নিশ্চয় আল্লাহ অধিক তাওবা কবূলকারী, অসীম দয়ালু।
O vjernici, klonite se mnogih sumnjičenja, neka su sumnjičenja, zaista, grijeh. I ne uhodite jedni druge i ne ogovarajte jedni druge! Zar bi nekom od vas bilo drago jesti meso umrloga brata svog – a vama je to odvratno – zato se bojte Allaha. Allah, zaista, prima pokajanje i samilostan je.
O vjernici, klonite se mnogih sumnjičenja, neka su sumnjičenja, zaista, grijeh. I ne uhodite jedni druge i ne ogovarajte jedni druge! Zar bi nekom od vas bilo drago jesti meso umrloga brata svog – a vama je to odvratno – zato se bojte Allaha. Allah, zaista, prima pokajanje i samilostan je.
Eey mon yo ɓen gooŋɗinɓe ! Woɗɗitee e ko ɗuuɗi e sikke. Pellet, yoga e sikke ko bakkaatu. Wota on wiɗondir, wata yoga mon ño'u yoga. Hara gooto e mo'on njiɗay ñaamugol teewu musiɗɗo mum maayɗo? Hiɗon añi ɗum. Kulee Allah. Pellet, Allah ko Jaɓoowo tuubuubuyee, jurmotooɗo.
ჰეი, თქვენ, რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! ერიდეთ უმეტეს ეჭვს. ჭეშმარიტად, ზოგიერთი ეჭვი ცოდვაა. და ნუ უთვალთვალებთ ერთმანეთს და ნურც იტყვით ერთმანეთზე ავ სიტყვას (ზურგს უკან). ნუთუ რომელიმე თქვენგანი ისურვებდა თავისი მკვდარი ძმის ხორცის ჭამას? თქვენ ხომ შეგძაგდებოდათ იგი. და გეშინოდეთ ალლაჰის. უეჭველად, ალლაჰი შემნდობი, შემწყალებელია.
O die ihr glaubt, meidet viel von den Mutmaßungen; wahrlich, manche Mutmaßung ist Sünde. Und sucht nicht (andere) auszukundschaften und führt nicht üble Nachrede übereinander. Möchte denn einer von euch gern das Fleisch seines Bruders, wenn er tot sei, essen? So wäre euch dies ja zuwider. Und fürchtet Allah. Wahrlich, Allah ist Reue annehmend und barmherzig.
Ω, εσείς που πιστεύετε! Αποφύγετε την πολλή καχυποψία (που δε βασίζεται σε απόδειξη)· πράγματι, κάποιες καχυποψίες είναι αμαρτίες. Μην κατασκοπεύετε, ούτε να κακολογείτε ο ένας τον άλλον κατά την απουσία του. Θα άρεσε σε κάποιον από σας να φάει τη σάρκα του νεκρού αδερφού του; Θα το μισούσατε (και έτσι θα πρέπει να μισείτε το να κακολογείτε ο ένας τον άλλον κατά την απουσία του). Φυλαχθείτε από την τιμωρία του Αλλάχ (τηρώντας τις εντολές Του). Πράγματι, ο Αλλάχ είναι Ταουάμπ (Αυτός που συγχωρεί και αποδέχεται τη μεταμέλεια) και Ραχείμ (Πολυεύσπλαχνος).
ऐ लोगो जो ईमान लाए हो! बहुत-से गुमानों से बचो। निश्चय ही कुछ गुमान पाप हैं। और जासूसी न करो, और न तुममें से कोई दूसरे की ग़ीबत[7] करे। क्या तुममें से कोई पसंद करता है कि अपने भाई का मांस खाए, जबकि वह मरा हुआ हो? सो तुम उसे नापसंद करते हो। तथा अल्लाह से डरो। निश्चय अल्लाह बहुत तौबा क़बूल करने वाला, अत्यंत दयालु है।
O credenti, evitate fortemente il sospetto, in verità alcuni sospetti sono peccato. E non spiate e non sparlate l’uno dell’altro: piacerebbe forse a uno di voi mangiare la carne del fratello morto? L’avete ripudiato. E temete Allāh, in verità Allāh è Perdonatore, Misericordioso.
12. O jūs, kurie tikite! Venkite įtarinėjimo. Iš tiesų, dalis įtarimų yra nuodėmė. Ir nešnipinėkite, ir neapkalbinėkite vienas kito. Ar vienas jūsų norėtų valgyti savo mirusio brolio mėsą? Jūs to nekęstumėte (todėl nekęskite apkalbinėjimo). Ir bijokite Allaho. Iš tiesų, Allahas yra Tas, Kuris atleidžia ir priima atgailą, Gailestingiausias.
Yaa warra amantan! Hedduu seehaa (mamii) irraa fagaadhaa; gariin seehaa diliidha. Wal hin basaasinaa. Gariin keessanis garii hin hamatin. Tokkoon keessan foon obboleessa isaa odoo du’ee jiruu nyaachuu ni fedhaa? jibbitanii jirtan. (isa jiraa hoo maalif nyaachuu feetan?) Rabbiin sodaadhaa. Rabbiin akkaan tawbaa qeebalaa, rahmata godhaadha. [5]
О вы, которые уверовали! О вы, которые уверовали! Остерегайтесь многих предположений, — воистину, некоторые предположения являются грехом. И не выслеживайте друг друга, и не злословьте за спиной друг друга. Неужели кто-либо из вас пожелал бы есть мясо своего умершего брата? Вы бы почувствовали отвращение к этому! Бойтесь Аллаха, — воистину, Аллах — принимающий покаяние, милующий.
О верници, клоните се многих сумњичења, нека су сумњичења, заиста, грех. И не уходите једни друге и не оговарајте једни друге! Зар би неком од вас било драго да једе месо свога умрлог брата - а вама је то одвратно - зато се бојте Аллаха; Аллах, заиста, стално прима покајања и милостив је.
Enyi mlioamini! Jiepusheni na dhana nyingi, kwani baadhi ya dhana ni dhambi. Wala msipelelezane, wala msisengenyane nyinyi kwa nyinyi. Je, yupo katika nyinyi anayependa kuila nyama ya nduguye aliyekufa? Mnalichukia hilo! Na mcheni Mwenyezi Mungu. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kupokea toba mno, Mwingi wa kurehemu.
Troende! Undvik att hysa alltför många misstankar; en del misstankar är direkt syndfulla. Inte heller ska ni spionera på eller baktala varandra. Skulle någon av er vilja äta sin döde broders kött? Nej, ni skulle avsky det! Frukta Gud; han godtar ständigt ånger och är barmhärtig [mot sina tjänare].
Ey iman edenler! Zannın çoğundan kaçının. Çünkü zannın bir kısmı günahtır. Birbirinizin gizlisini araştırmayın. Birbirinizin gıybetini yapmayın. Biriniz, ölü kardeşinin etini yemeyi sever mi? Bundan tiksindiniz değil mi? Allah’tan sakının. Kuşkusuz Allah, tevbeleri çokça kabul edendir, çokça merhamet edendir.
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إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)innamaa l-mu'minoona ikhwatun fa'aslihoo bayna akhawaykum waattaqoo llaaha la'allakum turhamoon
DIN 31635ʾinnamā l-muʾminūna ʾiḫwatun faʾaṣliḥū bayna ʾaḫawaykum wāttaqū llāha laʿallakum turḥamūna
The believers are brothers, so reconcile between your brothers, and remain conscious of God, so that you may receive mercy.
The believers are naught else than brothers. Therefore make peace between your brethren and observe your duty to Allah that haply ye may obtain mercy
The believers are but brothers, so make peace between your two brethren and fear God, haply ye may obtain mercy
Only the faithful are brethren; wherefore make peace between your brethren; and fear God, that ye may obtain mercy
Verily the true believers are brethren: Wherefore reconcile your brethren; and fear God, that ye may obtain mercy
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُوا۟ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَآءٌ مِّن نِّسَآءٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا۟ بِٱلْأَلْقَٰبِ بِئْسَ ٱلِٱسْمُ ٱلْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ ٱلْإِيمَٰنِ وَمَن لَّمْ يَتُبْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
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Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo laa yaskhar qawmun min qawmin 'asaa an yakoonoo khayran minhum walaa nisaa'un min nisaa'in 'asaa an yakunna khayran minhunna walaa talmizoo anfusakum walaa tanaabazoo bil-'alqaabi bi'sa lismu l-fusooqu ba'da l-'eemaani waman lam yatub fa'oolaa'ika humu z-zaalimoon
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū lā yasḫar qawmun min qawmin ʿasā ʾan yakūnū ḫayran minhum walā nisāʾun min nisāʾin ʿasā ʾan yakunna ḫayran minhunna walā talmizū ʾanfusakum walā tanābazū bil-ʾalqābi biʾsa lismu l-fusūqu baʿda l-ʾīmāni waman lam yatub faʾūlāʾika humu ẓ-ẓālimūna
O you who believe! No people shall ridicule other people, for they may be better than they. Nor shall any women ridicule other women, for they may be better than they. Nor shall you slander one another, nor shall you insult one another with names. Evil is the return to wickedness after having attained faith. Whoever does not repent-these are the wrongdoers.
O ye who believe! Let not a folk deride a folk who may be better than they (are), not let women (deride) women who may be better than they are; neither defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. Bad is the name of lewdness after faith. And whoso turneth not in repentance, such are evil-doers
O ye who believe! let not one class ridicule another who are perchance better than they; nor let women ridicule other women who are perchance better than they; and do not defame each other, nor call each other bad names - an ill name is iniquity after faith
O Believers! let not men laugh men to scorn who haply may be better than themselves; neither let women laugh women to scorn who may haply be better than themselves! Neither defame one another, nor call one another by nicknames. Bad is it to be called wicked after having professed the faith: and whoso repent not of this are doers of wrong
O true believers, let not men laugh other men to scorn; who peradventure may be better than themselves: Neither let women laugh other women to scorn; who may possibly be better than themselves. Neither defame one another; nor call one another by opprobrious appellations. An ill name it is to be charged with wickedness, after having embraced the faith: And whoso repenteth not, they will be the unjust doers
49:12 — the verse above
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتْقَىٰكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ
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Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa n-naasu innaa khalaqnaakum min dhakarin wa'unthaa waja'alnaakum shu'ooban waqabaa'ila lita'aarafoo inna akramakum 'inda llaahi atqaakum inna llaaha 'aleemun khabeer
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā n-nāsu ʾinnā ḫalaqnākum min ḏakarin waʾunṯā waǧaʿalnākum šuʿūban waqabāʾila litaʿārafū ʾinna ʾakramakum ʿinda llāhi ʾatqākum ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun ḫabīrun
O people! We created you from a male and a female, and made you races and tribes, that you may know one another. The best among you in the sight of God is the most righteous. God is All-Knowing, Well-Experienced.
O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is Knower, Aware
O ye folk! verily, we have created you of male and female, and made you races and tribes that ye may know each other. Verily, the most honourable of you in the sight of God is the most pious of you; verily, God is knowing, aware
O men! verily, we have created you of a male and a female; and we have divided you into peoples and tribes that ye might have knowledge one of another. Truly, the most worthy of honour in the sight of God is he who feareth Him most. Verily, God is Knowing, Cognisant
O men, verily We have created you of a male and a female; and We have distributed you into nations, and tribes, that ye might know one another. Verily the most honourable of you, in the sight of God, is the most pious of you: And God is wise and knowing
قَالَتِ ٱلْأَعْرَابُ ءَامَنَّا قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ وَلَٰكِن قُولُوٓا۟ أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ ٱلْإِيمَٰنُ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَإِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَا يَلِتْكُم مِّنْ أَعْمَٰلِكُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Easy-read · not authoritative
Easy-read (simplified)qaalati l-'a'raabu aamannaa qul lam tu'minoo walaakin qooloo aslamnaa walammaa yadkhuli l-'eemaanu fee quloobikum wa'in tutee'oo llaaha warasoolahu laa yalitkum min a'maalikum shay'an inna llaaha ghafoorun raheem
DIN 31635qālati l-ʾaʿrābu ʾāmannā qul lam tuʾminū walākin qūlū ʾaslamnā walammā yadḫuli l-ʾīmānu fī qulūbikum waʾin tuṭīʿū llāha warasūlahu lā yalitkum min ʾaʿmālikum šayʾan ʾinna llāha ġafūrun raḥīmun
The Desert-Arabs say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not believed; but say, 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered into your hearts. But if you obey God and His Messenger, He will not diminish any of your deeds. God is Forgiving and Merciful."
The wandering Arabs say: We believe. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye believe not, but rather say "We submit," for the faith hath not yet entered into your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His messenger, He will not withhold from you aught of (the reward of) your deeds. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
The desert Arabs say, 'We believe.' Say, 'Ye do not believe; but say, "We have become Muslims;" for the faith has not entered into your hearts: but if ye obey God and His Apostle He will not defraud you of your works at all: verily, God is forgiving, compassionate
The Arabs of the desert say, "We believe." Say thou: Ye believe not; but rather say, "We profess Islam;" for the faith hath not yet found its way into your hearts. But if ye obey God and His Apostle, he will not allow you to lose any of your actions: for God is Indulgent, Merciful
The Arabs of the desert say, we believe. Answer, ye do by no means believe; but say, we have embraced Islam: For the faith hath not yet entered into your hearts. If ye obey God and his apostle, He will not defraud you of any part of the merit of your works: For God is inclined to forgive, and merciful
What this study rests on, and what it refusessigned with it4 of the 5 paragraphs signed with this study; the paragraph naming what it does not answer is at the top of the page
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Read across the four public-domain translations - Sale 1734, Rodwell 1861, Palmer 1880, Pickthall 1930 - of 49:12, in full, and nothing else. This study consults no , no , no occasion of revelation and no biography, because none is yet available in an edition whose usage rights can be verified. Itani 2012, the fifth translation shown with these verses, was not consulted for this study.
How this set was arrived at. The verses were found by a word search of the four public-domain translations, using terms chosen by the editor and listed here as they were searched - suspicion; surmise; spy; pry; curious; inquisitive. The search was a way of finding passages, not a judgement about what they mean: that several translators chose the same English word is not evidence about the Arabic. A different choice of terms gives a different set.
Verses carried by more than one study. Some passages here also serve another study. Each carries its own reason in each place, and the reason states where else it appears.
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Sources & method
Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Translations George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Translations John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com
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- 5 September 2026
- Updated
- 17 September 2026
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