سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ
Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 58
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلُوا۟ بُهْتَـٰنًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا ﴿58﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, they bear (on themselves) the crime of slander and plain sin.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
يُؤْذُونَ
yu'dhūna
harm
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believing men
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ
wal-mu'mināti
and the believing women
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
for other than
مَا
mā
what
ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟
ik'tasabū
they have earned
فَقَدِ
faqadi
then certainly
ٱحْتَمَلُوا۟
iḥ'tamalū
they bear
بُهْتَـٰنًۭا
buh'tānan
false accusation
وَإِثْمًۭا
wa-ith'man
and sin
مُّبِينًۭا
mubīnan
manifest
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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58. And those who harm believing men and women without their having done anything wrong, they bear the burden of slander and a clear sin [98].
[98] When Muslim women would go out at night to relieve themselves, some mischievous youths and hypocrites would engage in indecent conversation and harassment with them, and when questioned about it, they would say, "We thought they were slave girls." Then there were some hypocrites who would speak ill of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ behind his back and make indecent accusations against the pure wives. All such people are slanderers and the worst kind of criminals.
[98] When Muslim women would go out at night to relieve themselves, some mischievous youths and hypocrites would engage in indecent conversation and harassment with them, and when questioned about it, they would say, "We thought they were slave girls." Then there were some hypocrites who would speak ill of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ behind his back and make indecent accusations against the pure wives. All such people are slanderers and the worst kind of criminals.
