Surah An-Nur 24:12 — translation and meaning
النور · Verse 12 / 64 · Page 351
لَّوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا هَذَا إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ
Word by Word
لَّوْلَا
lawla
Why not
إِذْ
idh
when
سَمِعْتُمُوهُ
sami'tumuhu
you heard it
ظَنَّ
zanna
think
الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
al-mu'minuna
the believing men
وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ
wal-mu'minatu
and the believing women
بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
bi-anfusihim
good of themselves
خَيْرًا
khayran
good of themselves
وَقَالُوا
waqalu
and say
هَذَا
hadha
This
إِفْكٌ
if'kun
(is) a lie
مُّبِينٌ
mubinun
clear
Transliteration
Law laaa iz sami'tumoohu zannal mu'minoona walmu'minaatu bi anfusihim khairanw wa qaaloo haazaaa ifkum mmubeen
Translation
Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
When the believers heard this great slander, why did they not believe the faultlessness of their believing brothers who were accused of that and say: “This is a clear lie”?
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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