وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا
And made you peoples and tribes so that you may know one another.
Verse 49:13 states a purpose for peoples and tribes: li-taʿārafū, mutual recognition. It then gives taqwā, not ancestry, as the criterion of honor.
The closing “Allah is Knowing, Aware” points to knowledge of inward reality. The passage resists a claim that visible lineage alone establishes a person’s ultimate worth.
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Practice 6: Advanced Qur’anic Coherence: Verse Connections and Rhetorical Relationships
وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا
And made you peoples and tribes so that you may know one another.
Verse 49:13 states a purpose for peoples and tribes: li-taʿārafū, mutual recognition. It then gives taqwā, not ancestry, as the criterion of honor.
The closing “Allah is Knowing, Aware” points to knowledge of inward reality. The passage resists a claim that visible lineage alone establishes a person’s ultimate worth.