وَلَوۡلَآ إِذۡ سَمِعۡتُمُوهُ قُلۡتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَٰذَا سُبۡحَٰنَكَ هَٰذَا بُهۡتَٰنٌ عَظِيمٞ
(24:16) And why, no sooner than you had heard it, did you not say: "It becomes
us not even to utter such a thing? Holy are You (O Allah)! This is a mighty
calumny."
us not even to utter such a thing? Holy are You (O Allah)! This is a mighty
calumny."
يَعِظُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَن تَعُودُواْ لِمِثۡلِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
(24:17) Allah admonishes you: If you are true believers, never repeat the
like of what you did.
like of what you did.
وَيُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
(24:18) Allah clearly expounds to you His instructions. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise.5
All-Wise.5
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةُ فِي ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
(24:19) Verily those who love that indecency should spread among the believers
deserve a painful chastisement in the world and the Hereafter.6
Allah knows, but you do not know.7
deserve a painful chastisement in the world and the Hereafter.6
Allah knows, but you do not know.7
وَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ
(24:20) Were it not for Allah's Bounty and His Mercy unto you, and that Allah
is Most Forgiving and Wise, (the evil that had been spread among you would have
led to terrible consequences).
is Most Forgiving and Wise, (the evil that had been spread among you would have
led to terrible consequences).