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An-Nur 16

Ayah 16 of 64 · Medinan

وَلَوۡلَآ إِذۡ سَمِعۡتُمُوهُ قُلۡتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَٰذَا سُبۡحَٰنَكَ هَٰذَا بُهۡتَٰنٌ عَظِيمٞ ١٦

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"?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡلَآAnd why notwalawlā
  2. إِذۡwhenidh
  3. سَمِعۡتُمُوهُyou heard itsamiʿ'tumūhu
  4. قُلۡتُمyou saidqul'tum
  5. مَّاNotmā
  6. يَكُونُit isyakūnu
  7. لَنَآfor uslanā
  8. أَنthatan
  9. نَّتَكَلَّمَwe speaknatakallama
  10. بِهَٰذَاof thisbihādhā
  11. سُبۡحَٰنَكَGlory be to Yousub'ḥānaka
  12. هَٰذَاThishādhā
  13. بُهۡتَٰنٌ(is) a slanderbuh'tānun
  14. عَظِيمٞgreatʿaẓīmun

Tafsir

Why did you not say when you heard this slander: “It is not right for us to talk about this gross matter. Purity belongs to You, our Lord. This slander which they accused the Mother of the Believers of is a great lie”?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran