[49] Surah Al-Hujurat mind map

Al-Hujurat is the Qur'an's manual for how a community speaks to itself and to its leader. Eighteen verses, and almost every one of them regulates something people do with their tongues.

  • 18 Ayahs
  • 4 Blocks
  • Medinan Revealed

Your memorisation plan

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At this pace the whole surah takes 6 study days.

Study days are days you actually sit down to memorise — miss one and the plan simply moves with you.

The map

  1. 1

    Before the Messenger

    Ayahs 1-5

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَاتَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ

    Do not put yourselves forward, do not raise your voices above his, and those who called out from behind the chambers.

    Study days 1-2

  2. 2

    News, and reconciliation

    Ayahs 6-10

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌۢ بِنَبَإٍۢ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟إِخْوَةٌۭ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

    Verify what a transgressor brings, and the duty to make peace between two believing groups that fight.

    Study days 2-4

  3. 3

    What the tongue does

    Ayahs 11-13

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌۭ مِّن قَوْمٍأَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتْقَىٰكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۭ

    Mockery, insulting names, suspicion, spying and backbiting — then: We made you peoples and tribes to know one another.

    Study days 4-5

  4. 4

    The Bedouins said 'we believe'

    Ayahs 14-18

    قَالَتِ ٱلْأَعْرَابُ ءَامَنَّا ۖ قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ وَلَٰكِن قُولُوٓا۟يَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    The difference between submission and faith entering the heart, and who is truthful.

    Study days 5-6

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The lesson

The verse that ends the section on mockery, suspicion and backbiting is the one about all people coming from one man and one woman — the cure for contempt is put right after the diagnosis.

The sections of this surah, explained

A short walk through all 4 sections of this surah, in the order you will memorise them.

Common questions

How long does it take to memorise Surah Al-Hujurat mind map?
At 3 ayahs a day, its 18 ayahs take 6 study days. Change the pace above and every date on this page updates.
Do I have to memorise it in order?
Most teachers keep the surah's own order, because the 4 blocks below follow one another for a reason. The map matters more than the sequence: knowing which block you are inside is what stops the similar passages blurring together.
Do I need a teacher for this?
You can memorise from a map alone, but almost nobody corrects their own recitation. A teacher hears the mistakes you cannot, and holds you to the schedule you just set.

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