وَلَوۡلَآ
إِذۡ
سَمِعۡتُمُوهُ
قُلۡتُم
مَّا
يَكُونُ
لَنَآ
أَن
نَّتَكَلَّمَ
بِهَٰذَا
سُبۡحَٰنَكَ
هَٰذَا
بُهۡتَٰنٌ
عَظِيمٞ
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Wherefor, when ye heard it, said ye not: It is not for us to speak of this. Glory be to Thee (O Allah)! This is awful calumny.
— M. Pickthall
And why, when you heard it, did you not say, "It is not for us to speak of this. Exalted are You, [O Allāh]; this is a great slander"?
— Saheeh International
And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? - "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to Allah! this is a most serious slander!"
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Further Discipline
This is further discipline, in addition to the command to think well of people, i.e., if something unbefitting is mentioned about good people, then one should think well of them, and not feel towards them anything but good. Then if a person has any unsuitable thoughts about them, i
…Further Discipline
This is further discipline, in addition to the command to think well of people, i.e., if something unbefitting is mentioned about go
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