وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ
And do not defame yourselves.
The wording anfusakum (“yourselves”) in 49:11 is striking. In context the command prohibits defaming one another, expressing a close communal relation: dishonoring others also damages the community.
The further prohibition of insulting nicknames develops the same theme, gathering ridicule, fault-finding and naming into a coherent ethical sequence.
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Practice 6: Advanced Qur’anic Coherence: Verse Connections and Rhetorical Relationships
وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ
And do not defame yourselves.
The wording anfusakum (“yourselves”) in 49:11 is striking. In context the command prohibits defaming one another, expressing a close communal relation: dishonoring others also damages the community.
The further prohibition of insulting nicknames develops the same theme, gathering ridicule, fault-finding and naming into a coherent ethical sequence.