The Holy Quran 24:16 — Surah An-Nur

Arabic text

وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـٰذَا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ هَـٰذَا بُهْتَـٰنٌ عَظِيمٌ

Translation

When you (Muslims) heard about it, why did you not say, “It is not appropriate for us to discuss this (because we have no idea about whether it is true or not). Allaah is Pure! (In fact,) This is an atrocious smear (which cannot be true because the characters of the people involved have always been pure)!"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The Muslims should have said that this is a great slander: that is, in the first place, thinking well [of the believers] required that such a thought should not even be allowed to pass through the heart, as was said above.

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