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Quran 24:12

Surah An-Nur (The Light), verse 12 of 64 · Juz 18

لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ

Translations of Quran 24:12
EnglishTalal Itani

Why, when you heard about it, the believing men and women did not think well of one another, and say, “This is an obvious lie”?

EnglishPickthall, 1930

Why did not the believers, men and women, when ye heard it, think good of their own folk, and say: It is a manifest untruth?

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Ne vardı onu işittiğiniz vakıt erkek ve kadın mü'minler kendi kendilerine husni zann etselerdi de bu açık bir ifktir deselerdi ya

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Lorsque vous avez entendu l’accusation, les croyants des deux sexes n’ont-ils pas pensé intérieurement en bien de cette affaire ? N’ont-ils pas dit : C’est un mensonge évident ?

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Toen gij de beschuldiging hoordet, hebben de geloovigen van beiderlei kunne niet innerlijk goed gedacht? Hebben zij niet gezegd: Het is eene duidelijke logen?

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Quando s’è sentita l’accusa, i credenti de’ due sessi non hanno eglino internamente pensato bene di quest’affare? Non hanno essi detto: È una bugia evidente?

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.