لَّوۡلَا
جَآءُو
عَلَيۡهِ
بِأَرۡبَعَةِ
شُهَدَآءَۚ
فَإِذۡ
لَمۡ
يَأۡتُواْ
بِٱلشُّهَدَآءِ
فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
هُمُ
ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ
١٣
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
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
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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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