Quran 24:16 — An-Noor, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When you heard the lie, why did you not say, ‘We should not repeat this- God forbid!- It is a monstrous slander’?
وَلَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُمْ مَا يَكُونُ لَنَا أَنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـٰذَا سُبْحَانَكَ هَـٰذَا بُهْتَانٌ عَظِيمٌ
walawlā idh samiʿ'tumūhu qul'tum mā yakūnu lanā an natakallama bihādhā sub'ḥānaka hādhā buh'tānun ʿaẓīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And why, when you heard it, did you not say, 'It is not for us to speak about this; glory be to Thee! This is a mighty calumny'?
- Muhammad Asad
- And [once again]: Why do you not say, whenever you hear such [a rumour], “It does not behove us to speak of this, O Thou who art limitless in Thy glory: this is an awesome calumny”?
- Sahih International
- And why, when you heard it, did you not say, "It is not for us to speak of this. Exalted are You, [O Allāh]; this is a great slander"?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْلَآwalawlā | And why not | — |
| 2 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 3 | سَمِعْتُمُوهُsamiʿ'tumūhu | you heard it | سمع |
| 4 | قُلْتُمqul'tum | you said | قول |
| 5 | مَّاmā | Not | — |
| 6 | يَكُونُyakūnu | it is | كون |
| 7 | لَنَآlanā | for us | — |
| 8 | أَنan | that | — |
| 9 | نَّتَكَلَّمَnatakallama | we speak | كلم |
| 10 | بِهَـٰذَاbihādhā | of this | — |
| 11 | سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānaka | Glory be to You | سبح |
| 12 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 13 | بُهْتَـٰنٌbuh'tānun | (is) a slander | بهت |
| 14 | عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmun | great | عظم |