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An-Nisa 112

Ayah 112 of 176 · Medinan

وَمَن يَكۡسِبۡ خَطِيٓـَٔةً أَوۡ إِثۡمٗا ثُمَّ يَرۡمِ بِهِۦ بَرِيٓـٔٗا فَقَدِ ٱحۡتَمَلَ بُهۡتَٰنٗا وَإِثۡمٗا مُّبِينٗا ١١٢

But whoever earns an offense or a sin and then blames it on an innocent [person] has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  2. يَكۡسِبۡearnsyaksib
  3. خَطِيٓـَٔةًa faultkhaṭīatan
  4. أَوۡoraw
  5. إِثۡمٗاa sinith'man
  6. ثُمَّthenthumma
  7. يَرۡمِthrowsyarmi
  8. بِهِۦitbihi
  9. بَرِيٓـٔٗا(on) an innocentbarīan
  10. فَقَدِthen surelyfaqadi
  11. ٱحۡتَمَلَhe (has) burdened (himself)iḥ'tamala
  12. بُهۡتَٰنٗا(with) a slanderbuh'tānan
  13. وَإِثۡمٗاand a sinwa-ith'man
  14. مُّبِينٗاmanifestmubīnan

Tafsir

If a person does a wrong action unintentionally or a sin intentionally and then accuses an innocent person of the same, they have taken on themselves a serious lie and a clear sin by acting in that manner.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran