An-Nur 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
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"?
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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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