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An-Nur 23

Ayah 23 of 64 · Medinan

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرۡمُونَ ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ ٱلۡغَٰفِلَٰتِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ لُعِنُواْ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٢٣

Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. يَرۡمُونَaccuseyarmūna
  4. ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِthe chaste womenl-muḥ'ṣanāti
  5. ٱلۡغَٰفِلَٰتِthe unaware womenl-ghāfilāti
  6. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ(and) the believing womenl-mu'mināti
  7. لُعِنُواْare cursedluʿinū
  8. فِيinfī
  9. ٱلدُّنۡيَاthe worldl-dun'yā
  10. وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِand the Hereafterwal-ākhirati
  11. وَلَهُمۡAnd for themwalahum
  12. عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  13. عَظِيمٞgreatʿaẓīmun

Tafsir

Those who accuse chaste innocent women of adultery the believing women are unaware of are removed from the mercy of Allah in this world and the Hearafter, and for them is a great punishment in the Hearafter.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran