Surah Al-Hujuraat is a very, very powerful and unique surah.
Surah Al-Hujuraat is that surah which Allah (swt) has made very, very
particular for the believers, Surah Al-Hujuraat is that surah which
some of the scholars will refer to as Surah Al-Adaab, surah of the
manners. It guides us to the highest morale, it guides us to the
highest level of manners. It teaches us how to treat Allah
(swt) it teaches us how to treat Rasulullah (pbuh) it also teaches
us how to treat those people who have yet to accept the belief, it
also teaches us how to treat people who are believers, yet they are far
away from us or who are believers and they are right before us. So it
gives us a comprehensive guideline on how to treat people, Surah
Al-Hujuraat, is a very, very powerful and beautiful surah. Allah
(swt) says in surah Al-Hujuraat, يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا,
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا, يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا,
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا. يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا and
this is a phenomenon that occurs five times within Surah
Al-Hujuraat. Oh, who you believe and the reason for that is because
Allah (swt) has made Surah Al-Hujuraat a Surah very, very
specific to the believers meaning that it is like a DIRECT address, a
guideline, a code, a manner in which we can conduct our a code of
conduct, a manner in which we can conduct ourselves. And just like
that, Allah (swt) starts this beautiful Surah off with those
same words. يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا, يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
O' you who believe. So it starts off with this call. And it also has this
call within it five times. And of course, the call is to other people
as well. But the call is specifically meant over here to the
believers, so that we pay attention to this mannerism in which we're
supposed to conduct ourselves with other people society, Allah (swt),
Rasulullah (pbuh), the not yet Muslims, the Muslims who are away
from us, the Muslims who are close to us, all of this is very, very
beautifully summed up within this Surah Al-Hujuraat.
Surah Al-Hujuraat was revealed, as the Prophet (pbuh) was in his
hujrah (room), the Prophet (pbuh) was in his house. And as the
Prophet (pbuh) is in his house, a group of people from Banu Tamim
they came, and they stood before the House of Rasulullah (pbuh). And
they spoke very, very loudly. Right? They spoke loudly. And this
was occurring in what was known as عام الوفود, the year of the
delegations, there was a year in which a lot of delegations had come
to Rasulullah (pbuh), this was after Fath Makkah, the conquer of
Mecca, right. So the reason for that was because now a lot of
people are either wanting to accept Islam, or wanting to come to
political peace with Islam, and Muslims, and so on and so forth. So
a lot of different people had sent their delegations from their part,
countries, and different locations, tribes, and so on and so forth. So
as he's sitting amongst his house with his family, people come, and
they say the type of things that they would say to a regular King,
okay? And they speak in a manner that they would speak to a regular
King. Now, of course, Rasulullah (pbuh), he didn't wish to be a
king, but he was rasul, he was a messenger. So Allah (swt) guided
these people in this beautiful surah on how to address Rasulullah
(pbuh), and even before He guided them how to address He told them
first and foremost of the status of Rasulullah (pbuh). So they know
through this divine guidance on how and who this messenger is and why
we should be treating him the way we should be treating him and how
we should be treating him as well. This is how the surah Al-Hujuraat
started, Allah (swt) when He gave guidance on how to treat
Rasulullah, He also gave us guidance on how to treat every
other people amongst the different sectors that will have been
described already. Allah (swt) being the first of them, Rasulullah
(pbuh), the non Muslims, the Muslims and other such people as
well. This is in a nutshell, the surah Al-Hujuraat and what it's
about it summarizes the different ideas that you will find within
Surah Al-Hujuraat