An-Núr 24:13 لولا جاءوا عليه باربعة شهداء فاذ لم ياتوا بالشهداء فاولايك عند الله هم الكاذبون ١٣
لَّوۡلَا
جَآءُو
عَلَيۡهِ
بِأَرۡبَعَةِ
شُهَدَآءَۚ
فَإِذۡ
لَمۡ
يَأۡتُواْ
بِٱلشُّهَدَآءِ
فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
هُمُ
ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ
١٣
Why did they not produce four witnesses? Now, since they have failed to produce witnesses, they are ˹truly˺ liars in the sight of Allah.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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
…Disciplining the Believers for spreading the Slander
Here Allah disciplines the believers with regard to the matter of `A'ishah, because some of them s
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