An-Nur 24:13 لولا جاءوا عليه باربعة شهداء فاذ لم ياتوا بالشهداء فاولايك عند الله هم الكاذبون ١٣

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