سُوْرَةُ النُّوْرِ
Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 23
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ٱلْغَـٰفِلَـٰتِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ لُعِنُوا۟ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿23﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Verily, those who accuse chaste women, who never even think of anything touching their chastity and are good believers - are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter, and for them will be a great torment -
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَرْمُونَ
yarmūna
accuse
ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ
l-muḥ'ṣanāti
the chaste women
ٱلْغَـٰفِلَـٰتِ
l-ghāfilāti
the unaware women
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ
l-mu'mināti
(and) the believing women
لُعِنُوا۟
luʿinū
are cursed
فِى
fī
in
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
wal-ākhirati
and the Hereafter
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
And for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
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.
23-1. Some commentators have specified this verse as being particular to Aisha (RA) and the other pure wives (RA), stating that in this verse, the punishment for slandering them is specifically mentioned, and that is that there is no repentance for them. And some commentators have kept it general, and in it, the same punishment for slander (qadhf) is mentioned, which has already been discussed. If the one who slanders is a Muslim, then the meaning of "curse" will be that he is liable for the prescribed punishment and is deserving of hatred and distance from Muslims, and if he is a disbeliever, then the meaning is clear that he is accursed in this world and the Hereafter, i.e., deprived of the mercy of Allah.
