Quran 24:13 — An-Noor, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And why did the accusers not bring four witnesses to it? If they cannot produce such witnesses, they are the liars in God’s eyes.
لَوْلَا جَاءُوا عَلَيْهِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ ۚ فَإِذْ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِالشُّهَدَاءِ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ
lawlā jāū ʿalayhi bi-arbaʿati shuhadāa fa-idh lam yatū bil-shuhadāi fa-ulāika ʿinda l-lahi humu l-kādhibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Why did they not bring four witnesses against it? But since they did not bring the witnesses, in God's sight they are the liars.
- Muhammad Asad
- why do they not [demand of the accusers that they] their allegation? for, if they do not produce such witnesses, it is those [accusers] who, in the sight of God, are liars indeed!
- Sahih International
- Why did they [who slandered] not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allāh, who are the liars.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّوْلَاlawlā | Why (did) not | — |
| 2 | جَآءُوjāū | they bring | جيأ |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for it | — |
| 4 | بِأَرْبَعَةِbi-arbaʿati | four | ربع |
| 5 | شُهَدَآءَ ۚshuhadāa | witnesses | شهد |
| 6 | فَإِذْfa-idh | Then when | — |
| 7 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 8 | يَأْتُوا۟yatū | they brought | أتي |
| 9 | بِٱلشُّهَدَآءِbil-shuhadāi | the witnesses | شهد |
| 10 | فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika | then those | — |
| 11 | عِندَʿinda | near Allah | عند |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | near Allah | أله |
| 13 | هُمُhumu | they | — |
| 14 | ٱلْكَـٰذِبُونَl-kādhibūna | (are) the liars | كذب |