← Surah 24

24:12

لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ

Word by word

لَّوْلَآ
Why not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَّوْلَآPreposition — exhortation
إِذْ
when
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
إِذْNoun — time adverb
سَمِعْتُمُوهُ
you heard it
Verb
Root: سمع
Grammar (i'rab)
سَمِعْVerb — perfect، 2nd masc. plur.
تُمُوNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
هُNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
ظَنَّ
think
Verb
Root: ظنن
Grammar (i'rab)
ظَنَّVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
the believing men
Noun
Root: أمن
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
مُؤْمِنُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ
and the believing women
Noun
Root: أمن
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
مُؤْمِنَٰتُNoun — active participle، fem. plur.، nominative
بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
good of themselves
Noun
Root: نفس
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
أَنفُسِNoun — fem. plur.، genitive
هِمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
خَيْرًا
good of themselves
Noun
Root: خير
Grammar (i'rab)
خَيْرًاNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، accusative، adjective
وَقَالُوا۟
and say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
هَٰذَآ
This
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
هَٰPreposition — ATT، prefix
ذَآNoun — demonstrative، masc. sing.
إِفْكٌ
(is) a lie
Noun
Root: أفك
Grammar (i'rab)
إِفْكٌNoun — masculine، indefinite، nominative
مُّبِينٌ
clear
Noun
Root: بين
Grammar (i'rab)
مُّبِينٌNoun — active participle، masculine، indefinite، nominative، adjective

Translation

EN

Why did not the believers - men and women - when ye heard of the affair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say, "This (charge) is an obvious lie"?

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

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’?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Why did not the believers, men and women, when ye heard it, think good of their own own folk, and say: It is a manifest untruth?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of themselves [i.e., one another] and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Onu işittiğiniz zaman, erkek kadın müminlerin, kendiliklerinden hüsnü zanda bulunup da: "Bu apaçık bir iftiradır" demeleri gerekmez miydi?

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Erkek ve kadın müminlerin, bu iftirayı işittiklerinde kendi vicdanları ile hüsnü zanda bulunup da, "bu apaçık bir iftiradır" demeleri gerekmez miydi?

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Bunu (iftirayı) duyduğunuzda erkek müminlerin ve kadın müminlerin, kendileri hakkında (vicdanları ile) olumlu zanda bulunup da “Bu, apaçık bir iftiradır!” demeleri gerekmez miydi!

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

هلا ظن المؤمنون والمؤمنات بعضهم ببعض خيرًا عند سماعهم ذلك الإفك، وهو السلامة مما رموا به، وقالوا: هذا كذب ظاهر على عائشة رضي الله عنها.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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