Quran with Tafsir_English translation - Surah An-Nur ayat 12 - النور - Page - Juz 18
﴿لَّوۡلَآ إِذۡ سَمِعۡتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ خَيۡرٗا وَقَالُواْ هَٰذَآ إِفۡكٞ مُّبِينٞ ﴾
[النور: 12]
﴿لولا إذ سمعتموه ظن المؤمنون والمؤمنات بأنفسهم خيرا وقالوا هذا إفك مبين﴾ [النور: 12]
| Dr Kamal Omar Why not, when you people heard it — the Believing men and the Believing women remained sure of chastity about their own persons and said: "This (charge) is an obvious lie |
| Dr Laleh Bakhtiar Why not when you heard about it, thought not the ones who are male believers and the ones who are female believers the better of themselves and have said: This is a clear calumny |
| Dr Munir Munshey Why didn´t the believers _ men and women _ assume virtue for one of their own _ (a believer)? When you heard such a thing, why did you not say, "This is quite obviously a lie |
| Edward Henry Palmer Why did not, when ye heard it, the believing men and believing women think good in themselves, and say, 'This is an obvious lie |
| Farook Malik Why did not the believing men and believing women, when they heard of this slander, think well of their own people, and say: "This is clearly a false accusation |
| George Sale Did not the faithful men, and the faithful women, when ye heard this, judge in their own minds for the best; and say, this is a manifest falsehood |
| Maududi 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 |