An-Noor 24:12
The Light · ayah 12 of 64
لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًۭا وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Lawla ith samiAAtumoohu thannaalmu/minoona walmu/minatu bi-anfusihim khayran waqaloohatha ifkun mubeen
"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 International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"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’?"
Pickthall (classic)+
"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?"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"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"?"