An-Nur 24:12 لولا اذ سمعتموه ظن المومنون والمومنات بانفسهم خيرا وقالوا هاذا افك مبين ١٢
لَوْلَاۤ
اِذْ
سَمِعْتُمُوْهُ
ظَنَّ
الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
وَالْمُؤْمِنٰتُ
بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ
خَیْرًا ۙ
وَّقَالُوْا
هٰذَاۤ
اِفْكٌ
مُّبِیْنٌ
۟
When you heard the lie, why did believing men and women not think well of their own people and declare, ‘This is obviously a lie’?
Bacalah 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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