O people! We have indeed created you from one man and one woman, and have made you into various nations and tribes that you may recognise one another. Indeed, the most honourable amongst you, according to Allah, is the one who is most pious amongst you. Indeed, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Qur’an)] (Part 26, Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 13)

Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه states regarding this Ayah: The root of all humans is Sayyiduna Aadam عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم and Sayyidatuna Hawa رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهَا and they were made from soil. Thus, everyone’s origin is soil. So why are you arrogant and why do you dispute with one another over your lineage? Humans have been made into different nations and tribes so they can know one another; not to boast or sneer (at others).

[Explaining the reason of revelation, he further states:] The Prophet    صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم went to the markets of Madinah and witnessed a slave say, ‘The one who purchases me, do not stop me from praying behind the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.’ A man purchased him then the slave fell ill. The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم visited him and then he passed away. The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم participated in his burial. Upon this, some people expressed their surprise over how the slave acquired this blessing. Then this Ayah was revealed.^[1]

یٰۤاَیُّهَا النَّاسُ اِنَّا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ مِّنْ ذَكَرٍ وَّ اُنْثٰى وَ جَعَلْنٰكُمْ شُعُوْبًا وَّ قَبَآىٕلَ لِتَعَارَفُوْاؕ-اِنَّ اَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ اَتْقٰىكُمْؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِیْمٌ خَبِیْرٌ(۱۳)

O people! We have indeed created you from one man and one woman, and have made you into various nations and tribes that you may recognise one another. Indeed, the most honourable amongst you, according to Allah, is the one who is most pious amongst you. Indeed, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Qur’an)] (Part 26, Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 13)