سُوْرَةُ النُّوْرِ
Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 12
لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿12﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَّوْلَآ
lawlā
Why not
إِذْ
idh
when
سَمِعْتُمُوهُ
samiʿ'tumūhu
you heard it
ظَنَّ
ẓanna
think
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
l-mu'minūna
the believing men
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ
wal-mu'minātu
and the believing women
بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
bi-anfusihim
good of themselves
خَيْرًۭا
khayran
good of themselves
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and say
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
This
إِفْكٌۭ
if'kun
(is) a lie
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
clear
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
12-1 From here, the aspects of training that are implicit in this incident are being highlighted. The very first point among them is that the believers are like one soul; when slander was cast upon Hazrat Aisha, why did you not immediately refute it by analogy with yourselves, and why did you not declare it an obvious slander?
