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"?
وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُand the believing womenwal-mu'minātu
بِأَنفُسِهِمۡgood of themselvesbi-anfusihim
خَيۡرٗاgood of themselveskhayran
وَقَالُواْand saywaqālū
هَٰذَآThishādhā
إِفۡكٞ(is) a lieif'kun
مُّبِينٞclearmubīnun
Tafsir
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”?