Surah Al-Ahzab 33:58 — translation and meaning

الأحزاب · Verse 58 / 73 · Page 426

وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا اكْتَسَبُوا فَقَدِ احْتَمَلُوا بُهْتَانًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا

Word by Word

وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
And those who
يُؤْذُونَ
yu'dhuna
harm
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
al-mu'minina
the believing men
وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
wal-mu'minati
and the believing women
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
for other than
مَا
ma
what
اكْتَسَبُوا
ik'tasabu
they have earned
فَقَدِ
faqadi
then certainly
احْتَمَلُوا
ih'tamalu
they bear
بُهْتَانًا
buh'tanan
false accusation
وَإِثْمًا
wa-ith'man
and sin
مُّبِينًا
mubinan
manifest

Transliteration

Wallazeena yu'zoonal mu'mineena almu'manaati bighairi mak tasaboo faqadih tamaloo buhtaananw wa ismam mubeenaa

Translation

And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And as for those who cause the male and female believers inconvenience through speech or actions, without them having committed any wrong i.e. a crime that necessitates punishment, they have indeed, taken up the burden of clear slander and sin.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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