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Surah An-Nur, verse 12: meaning and tafsir

  • Verse 12 of 64
  • Juz 18
  • Medinan
  • 24:12

لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝١٢

If only the believing men and women had thought well of themselves, and said, “This is a clear slander!”

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24:12

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12. When the believers heard this great slander, why did they not believe the faultlessness of their believing brothers who were accused of that and say: “This is a clear lie”?

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