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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [24:12] | Lawla ith samiAAtumoohu thannaalmu/minoona waalmu/minatu bi-anfusihim khayran waqaloohatha ifkun mubeenun |  لولا إذ سمعتموه ظن المؤمنون والمؤمنات بأنفسهم خيرا وقالوا هذا إفك مبينلَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا هَذَا إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | ایسا کیوں نہ ہوا کہ جب تم نے اس (بہتان) کو سنا تھا تو مومن مرد اور مومن عورتیں اپنوں کے بارے میں نیک گمان کر لیتے اور (یہ) کہہ دیتے کہ یہ کھلا (جھوٹ پر مبنی) بہتان ہے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | 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"?
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| Ahmed Ali | جب تم نے یہ بات سنی تھی تو مسلمان مردوں اور مسلمان عورتوں نے اپنے لوگوں کے ساتھ نیک گمان کیوں نہ کیا او رکیو ں نہ کہا کہ یہ صریح بہتان ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | کیوں نہ ہوا ہوا جب تم نے اسے سنا تھا کہ مسلمان مردوں اور مسلمان عورتوں نے اپنوں پر نیک گمان کیا ہوتا اور کہتے یہ کھلا بہتان ہے | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | کیوں نہ ایسا ہوا کہ جب سُنا تھا تم نے اس الزام کو تو گمان کرتے مومن مرد اور مومن عورتیں اپنے آپ ہی نیک گمان اور کہتے یہ تو ہے بُہتان، کُھلا۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | جب تم نے وہ بات سنی تھی تو مومن مردوں اور عورتوں نے کیوں اپنے دلوں میں نیک گمان نہ کیا۔ اور کیوں نہ کہا کہ یہ صریح طوفان ہے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | کیوں نہ جب تم نے اس کو سنا تھا خیال کیا ہوتا ایمان والے مردوں اور ایمان والی عورتوں نے اپنے لوگوں پر بھلا خیال اور کہا ہوتا یہ صریح طوفان ہے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | جس وقت تم لوگوں نے اسے سنا تھا اُسی وقت کیوں نہ مومن مردوں اور مومن عورتوں نے اپنے آپ سے نیک گمان کیا اور کیوں نہ کہہ دیا کہ یہ صریح بہتان ہے؟ | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Where it not for when you heard it , the believers (M) and the believers (F) thought/assumed goodness with themselves, and they said: "That (is) evident lies/falsehood." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | 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"? | ||||||
| Pickthal | 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? | ||||||
| Arberry | Why, when you heard it, did the believing men and women not of their own account think good thoughts, and say, 'This is a manifest calumny'? | ||||||
| Shakir | Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say: This is an evident falsehood? | ||||||
| Sarwar | Would that on your hearing this report, the believing men and woman among you had a favorable attitude towards it, and had said, "This report is clearly false". | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, This is an obvious falsehood ? | ||||||
| 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?"[12] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say: This is an evident falsehood? | ||||||
| Free Minds | If only when you heard it the believing men and women should have thought good of their own selves and said: "This is an obvious lie!" | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Had you heard it, and the believing men and women, thought good thoughts about one another said: 'This is a clear falsehood! ' | ||||||
| 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? | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Did not the faithful of both sexes, when ye heard of this, form a favourable judgment in their own minds, and say, This is a manifest lie? | ||||||
| Asad | Why do not the believing men and women, whenever such [a rumour] is heard, [Lit., "whenever you hear it" - the pronoun "you" indicating here the community as a whole.] think the best of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"? | ||||||
| Khalifa** | When you heard it, the believing men and the believing women should have had better thoughts about themselves, and should have said, "This is obviously a big lie." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | 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?" | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Why do not the believing men and believing women, whenever such a rumor is heard, think the best of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood?" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| ** - Read with caution - These Translations, specially those which are marked here with **, are considered either incorrect, far-fetched, non-conforming or misleading. For all translations, care must be exercised for certain verses or an alternate translation should be considered. | |||||||
| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 24 - An-Nur | Showing verse 12 of 64 in chapter 24 | |||||
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