لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of themselves [i.e., one another] and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- முஃமினான ஆண்களும், முஃமினான பெண்களுமாகிய நீங்கள் இதனைக் கேள்வியுற்றபோது, தங்களைப் (போன்ற முஃமினானவர்களைப்) பற்றி நல்லெண்ணங் கொண்டு, "இது பகிரங்கமான வீண் பழியேயாகும்" என்று கூறியிருக்க வேண்டாமா?
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නුඹලා එය ඇසූ විට දේවත්වය විශ්වාස කරන පුරුෂයින් හා කාන්තාවන් තම ප්රජාව පිළිබඳ යහපතක් සිතා මෙය පැහැදිලි අපවාදයක් යැයි පැවසිය යුතු නො වේ ද?
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اسے سنتے ہی مومن مردوں عورتوں نے اپنے حق میں نیک گمانی کیوں نہ کی اور کیوں نہ کہہ دیا کہ یہ تو کھلم کھلا صریح بہتان ہے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- あなたがたはそれを聞いた時，信者の男も信者の女も，自分自身で何故好意ある考えをしなかったのか。そして，「これは明らかに中傷である。」と何故言わなかったのか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 当你们听见谣言的时候，信士和信女对自己的教胞， 为何不作善意的猜想，并且说：这是明显的谣言呢？
Tafsir of 24:12
Disciplining the Believers for spreading the Slander Here Allah disciplines the believers with regard to the matter of `A'ishah, because some of them spread this evil talk and the slander that had been mentioned. So Allah says: لَّوْلا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ (Why then, when you heard it,) meaning, the talk which accused the Mother of the believers, may Allah be pleased with her, ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْراً (the believers, men and women, think good of their own people) means, why did they not compare what was said to themselves -- if it was not befitting for them then it was even less appropriate for the Mother of the believers, and she was more likely to be innocent. Or it was said that this was revealed about Abu Ayyub Khalid bin Zayd Al-Ansari and his wife, may Allah be pleased with them. Imam Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar narrated, "The wife of Abu Ayyub Khalid bin Zayd Al-Ansari, Umm Ayyub, said to him, `O Abu Ayyub, have you heard what the people are saying about `A'ishah' He said, `Yes, and it is all lies.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
