And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned [i.e., deserved] have certainly borne upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.
وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِand the believing womenwal-mu'mināti
بِغَيۡرِfor other thanbighayri
مَاwhatmā
ٱكۡتَسَبُواْthey have earnedik'tasabū
فَقَدِthen certainlyfaqadi
ٱحۡتَمَلُواْthey beariḥ'tamalū
بُهۡتَٰنٗاfalse accusationbuh'tānan
وَإِثۡمٗاand sinwa-ith'man
مُّبِينٗاmanifestmubīnan
Tafsir
And as for those who cause the male and female believers inconvenience through speech or actions, without them having committed any wrong i.e. a crime that necessitates punishment, they have indeed, taken up the burden of clear slander and sin.