سورة النُّور
Surah Al-Nûr 24:12
The Light · Verse 12 of 64
لَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا هَٰذَا إِفْكٌ مُبِينٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
When you heard of this (accusation) why did not the believing men and believing women have a better opinion in respect of their own people and say, `This (charge) is an obvious lie?´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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"?
Ahmed Ali
Why did the faithful men and women not think well of their people when they heard this, and said: "This is a clear lie?"
12 more translations
Ali Unal
When you heard of it, why did the believing men and women not think well of one another and declare: "This is obviously a slander"?
Daryabadi
Wherefore, when ye heard it, did not the believing men and believing women imagine best of their own people and say: this is a calumny manifest!
Faridul Haque
Why was it not that the believing men and women, when you heard it, thought good of their own people, and had said, "This is a clear accusation"?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say: This is an evident falsehood?
Maulvi Sher Ali
When you heard of it, why did not the believing men and believing women think well of their own people and say, `This is a manifest lie?'
Muhammad Asad
Why do not the believing men and women, whenever such [a rumour] is heard, think the best of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?
Muhammad Musin Khan
Why then, did not the believers, men and women, when you heard it (the slander) think good of their own people and say: "This (charge) is an obvious lie?"
Muhammad Pickthall
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?
Muhammad Sarwar
Would that on your hearing this report, the believing men and woman among you had a favorable attitude towards it, and had said, "This report is clearly false".
Muhammed ali Shakir
Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say: This is an evident falsehood?
Rashad Khalifa
When you heard it, the believing men and the believing women should have had better thoughts about themselves, and should have said, "This is obviously a big lie."
Shabbir Ahmed
Why do not the believing men and believing women, whenever such a rumor is heard, think the best of one another and say, “This is an obvious slander?"