Surah An-Nur, ayah 12
لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ
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"?
An-Nur · 24:12
Word by word
- لَّوْلَآlawlāWhy not
- إِذْidhwhen
- سَمِعْتُمُوهُsamiʿ'tumūhuyou heard it
- ظَنَّẓannathink
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believing men
- وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُwal-mu'minātuand the believing women
- بِأَنفُسِهِمْbi-anfusihimgood of themselves
- خَيْرًۭاkhayrangood of themselves
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand say
- هَـٰذَآhādhāThis
- إِفْكٌۭif'kun(is) a lie
- مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear
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