An-Núr 24:12 لولا اذ سمعتموه ظن المومنون والمومنات بانفسهم خيرا وقالوا هاذا افك مبين ١٢
لَّوۡلَآ
إِذۡ
سَمِعۡتُمُوهُ
ظَنَّ
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُ
بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ
خَيۡرٗا
وَقَالُواْ
هَٰذَآ
إِفۡكٞ
مُّبِينٞ
١٢
If only the believing men and women had thought well of one another, when you heard this ˹rumour˺, and said, “This is clearly ˹an outrageous˺ slander!”
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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