لَّوْلَا جَآءُو عَلَيْهِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ ۚ فَإِذْ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلشُّهَدَآءِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْكَـٰذِبُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Why did they [who slandered] not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allāh, who are the liars.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அ(ப்பழி சுமத்திய)வர்கள் அதற்கு நான்கு சாட்சிகளைக் கொண்டு வர வேண்டாமா, எனவே அவர்கள் சாட்சிகளைக் கொண்டு வரவில்லையெனில், அவர்கள் தாம் அல்லாஹ்விடத்தில் பொய்யர்களாக இருக்கிறார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඒ වෙත සාක්ෂිකරුවන් සිව් දෙනෙකු ඔවුහු ගෙන ආ යුතු නො වේ ද? එසේ එම සාක්ෂිකරුවන් ඔවුන් නො ගෙන ආ විට අල්ලාහ් අබියස ඔවුහු මය මුසාවාදීහූ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- وه اس پر چار گواه کیوں نہ ﻻئے؟ اور جب گواه نہیں ﻻئے تو یہ بہتان باز لوگ یقیناً اللہ کے نزدیک محض جھوٹے ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは何故，これに対し4名の証人を挙げなかったのか。証人を出さなかったので，これらの者はアッラーの御目には虚言の徒である。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们为何不举出四个见证来证明这件事呢？他们没有举出四个见证，所以在真主看来他们是说谎的。
Tafsir of 24:13
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)
