The Light
24. An-Nūr
النور
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24:12
لَّوْلَا
إِذْ
سَمِعْتُمُوهُ
ظَنَّ
الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ
بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
خَيْرًا
وَقَالُوا
هَذَا
إِفْكٌ
مُّبِينٌ
law-lā ʾidh samiʿtumūhu ẓanna l-muʾminūna wa-l-muʾminātu bi-ʾanfusihim khayran wa-qālū hādhā ʾifkun mubīnun
When you [first] heard about it, why did not the faithful, men and women, think well of their folks, and say, ‘This is an obvious calumny’?
— Ali Quli Qarai
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"?
