24.12
surah 24 - verse 12
translator's name | verse |
Arberry | Why, when you heard it, did the believing men and women not of their own account think good thoughts, and say, 'This is a manifest calumny'? |
Maududi | When you heard of it, why didn't the Believing men and the Believing women have a good opinion of themselves, and why did they not say, "This is a manifest slander?" |
Pickthall | Why did not the believers, men and women, when ye heard it, think good of their own own folk, and say: It is a manifest untruth? |
Sahih | Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"? |
Yusuf Ali | Why did not the believers - men and women - when ye heard of the affair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say, "This (charge) is an obvious lie"? |