Quran 24:11 — An-Noor, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It was a group from among you that concocted the lie––do not consider it a bad thing for you [people]; it was a good thing––and every one of them will be charged with the sin he has earned. He who took the greatest part in it will have a painful punishment.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا بِالْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِنْكُمْ ۚ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَرًّا لَكُمْ ۖ بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ ۚ لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا اكْتَسَبَ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ ۚ وَالَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ كِبْرَهُ مِنْهُمْ لَهُ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
inna alladhīna jāū bil-if'ki ʿuṣ'batun minkum lā taḥsabūhu sharran lakum bal huwa khayrun lakum likulli im'ri-in min'hum mā ik'tasaba mina l-ith'mi wa-alladhī tawallā kib'rahu min'hum lahu ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who came with the slander are a band of you; do not reckon it evil for you; rather it is good for you. Every man of them shall have the sin that he has earned charged to him; and whosoever of them took upon himself the greater part of it, him there awaits a mighty chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, numerous among you are those who would falsely accuse others of unchastity: [but, O you who are thus wronged,] deem it not a bad thing for you: nay, it is good for you! [As for the slanderers,] unto every one of them [will be accounted] all that he has earned by [thus] sinning; and awesome suffering awaits any of them who takes it upon himself to enhance this [sin]!
- Sahih International
- Indeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather, it is good for you. For every person among them is what [punishment] he has earned from the sin, and he who took upon himself the greater portion thereof - for him is a great punishment [i.e., Hellfire].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | جَآءُوjāū | brought | جيأ |
| 4 | بِٱلْإِفْكِbil-if'ki | the lie | أفك |
| 5 | عُصْبَةٌۭʿuṣ'batun | (are) a group | عصب |
| 6 | مِّنكُمْ ۚminkum | among you | — |
| 7 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 8 | تَحْسَبُوهُtaḥsabūhu | think it | حسب |
| 9 | شَرًّۭاsharran | bad | شرر |
| 10 | لَّكُم ۖlakum | for you | — |
| 11 | بَلْbal | nay | — |
| 12 | هُوَhuwa | it | — |
| 13 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) good | خير |
| 14 | لَّكُمْ ۚlakum | for you | — |
| 15 | لِكُلِّlikulli | For every | كلل |
| 16 | ٱمْرِئٍۢim'ri-in | person | مرأ |
| 17 | مِّنْهُمmin'hum | among them | — |
| 18 | مَّاmā | (is) what | — |
| 19 | ٱكْتَسَبَik'tasaba | he earned | كسب |
| 20 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 21 | ٱلْإِثْمِ ۚl-ith'mi | the sin | أثم |
| 22 | وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhī | and the one who | — |
| 23 | تَوَلَّىٰtawallā | took upon himself a greater share of it | ولي |
| 24 | كِبْرَهُۥkib'rahu | took upon himself a greater share of it | كبر |
| 25 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | among them | — |
| 26 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 27 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 28 | عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmun | great | عظم |