Surah Al-Ahzab, ayah 70: "O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice." Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاذَوْا۟ مُوسَىٰ فَبَرَّأَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا۟ ۚ وَكَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَجِيهًۭا ﴿٦٩﴾
yaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo las takoonoo kalla zeena aazaw Moosaa fa barra ahul laahu mimmmaa qaaloo; wa kaana 'indal laahi wajeehaa
O you who have believed, be not like those who abused Moses; then Allah cleared him of what they said. And he, in the sight of Allah, was distinguished.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًۭا سَدِيدًۭا ﴿٧٠﴾
Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanut taqul laaha wa qooloo qawlan sadeedaa
O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice.
يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَٰلَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا ﴿٧١﴾
Yuslih lakum a'maalakum wa yaghfir lakum zunoobakum; wa mai yuti'il laaha wa Rasoolahoo faqad faaza fawzan 'azeemaa
He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.
Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.
Meaning and lessons
O you who believe, fear Allah and speak words that are straight and true (qawlan sadida). The next ayah gives the reward: He will set your deeds right and forgive your sins. Ibn Kathir explains qawl sadid as speech that is correct and honest, with no deviation or crookedness.
The Prophet ﷺ included this ayah in the khutbat al-hajah, the sermon he taught for marriages and other occasions (Sunan Abi Dawud 2118).
The ayah begins with taqwa and then names speech, because the tongue is where taqwa is most often lost. The Prophet ﷺ said that a servant may say a word pleasing to Allah without thinking much of it and Allah raises him by it, and a word that angers Allah and it throws him into the Fire (Sahih al-Bukhari 6478).
Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 33:70. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.
Ayah 70 of Surah Al-Ahzab (الأَحۡزَابِ), "The Clans", surah 33 of the Quran, a Medinan surah of 73 ayat revealed in Madinah. It is in juz 22 (para 22), hizb 43, on page 427 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 33/70, 33 70 or Quran 33 70.
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Questions
O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (Sahih International)
O you who believe, fear Allah and speak words that are straight and true (qawlan sadida). The next ayah gives the reward: He will set your deeds right and forgive your sins. Ibn Kathir explains qawl sadid as speech that is correct and honest, with no deviation or crookedness.
It is in Surah Al-Ahzab, surah 33 of the Quran, in juz 22 (para 22), on page 427 of the Madinah mushaf.
The ayah before, 33:69, says: "O you who have believed, be not like those who abused Moses; then Allah cleared him of what they said. And he, in the sight of Allah, was distinguished." The ayah after, 33:71, says: "He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment."