An-Núr 24:16 ولولا اذ سمعتموه قلتم ما يكون لنا ان نتكلم بهاذا سبحانك هاذا بهتان عظيم ١٦
وَلَوۡلَآ
إِذۡ
سَمِعۡتُمُوهُ
قُلۡتُم
مَّا
يَكُونُ
لَنَآ
أَن
نَّتَكَلَّمَ
بِهَٰذَا
سُبۡحَٰنَكَ
هَٰذَا
بُهۡتَٰنٌ
عَظِيمٞ
١٦
If only you had said upon hearing it, “How can we speak about such a thing! Glory be to You ˹O Lord˺! This is a heinous slander!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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
Lee Tafsir
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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