إِذۡ
تَلَقَّوۡنَهُۥ
بِأَلۡسِنَتِكُمۡ
وَتَقُولُونَ
بِأَفۡوَاهِكُم
مَّا
لَيۡسَ
لَكُم
بِهِۦ
عِلۡمٞ
وَتَحۡسَبُونَهُۥ
هَيِّنٗا
وَهُوَ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
عَظِيمٞ
١٥
When ye welcomed it with your tongues, and uttered with your mouths that whereof ye had no knowledge, ye counted it a trifle. In the sight of Allah it is very great.
— M. Pickthall
When you received it with your tongues1 and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allāh, tremendous.
— Saheeh International
Behold, ye received it on your tongues, and said out of your mouths things of which ye had no knowledge; and ye thought it to be a light matter, while it was most serious in the sight of Allah.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Grace of Allah towards the People of the Slander by giving Them the Opportunity to repent
Allah says,
وَلَوْلاَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ فِى الدُّنْيَا وَالاٌّخِرَةِ
(Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you in this world and in the Hereafter,) This is addressed t
…The Grace of Allah towards the People of the Slander by giving Them the Opportunity to repent
Allah says,
وَلَوْلاَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُ
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