Why, when you heard about it, the believing men and women did not think well of one another, and say, “This is an obvious lie”?
An-Nur 24:12
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لَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا هَٰذَا إِفْكٌ مُبِينٌ
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Why, when you heard about it, the believing men and women did not think well of one another, and say, “This is an obvious lie”?
When you heard it, why didn't the believing men and women think good thoughts about each other, and say, "This is clearly a big lie"?
Why didn't the believing men and women, when they heard it, think the best of each other, and say, "This is clearly a huge lie"?
Why, when you heard it, did the believing men and believing women not think well of themselves and say, “This is an obvious slander”?
If only, when you heard it, the believing men and believing women thought well of one another, and said, “This is an obvious lie.”
If only, when you heard it, the believing men and believing women thought well of one another, and said, “This is an obvious lie.”
Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of themselves [i.e., one another] and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?
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?"
If only, when you heard it, the believing men and women had thought well of one another, and said, “This is a clear slander!”
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"?
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?
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 slander?"
When you heard of it, why didn't the Believing men and the Believing women have a good opinion of themselves, and why did they not say, "This is a manifest slander?"
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’?
Lawla ith samiAAtumoohu thanna almuminoona waalmuminatu bianfusihim khayran waqaloo hatha ifkun mubeenun