Surah An-Nur, ayah 16
وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـٰذَا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ هَـٰذَا بُهْتَـٰنٌ عَظِيمٌ
And why, when you heard it, did you not say, "It is not for us to speak of this. Exalted are You, [O Allāh]; this is a great slander"?
An-Nur · 24:16
Word by word
- وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd why not
- إِذْidhwhen
- سَمِعْتُمُوهُsamiʿ'tumūhuyou heard it
- قُلْتُمqul'tumyou said
- مَّاmāNot
- يَكُونُyakūnuit is
- لَنَآlanāfor us
- أَنanthat
- نَّتَكَلَّمَnatakallamawe speak
- بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāof this
- سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
- هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
- بُهْتَـٰنٌbuh'tānun(is) a slander
- عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat
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