Surah An-Nur 24:16
سُورَةُ النُّورِ · Medinan · Verse 16 of 64
وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَٰذَا سُبْحَٰنَكَ هَٰذَا بُهْتَٰنٌ عَظِيمٌۭ
Translation
When you heard the lie, why did you not say, ‘We should not repeat this- God forbid!- It is a monstrous slander’?
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
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