← Surah 24

24:16

وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـٰذَا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ هَـٰذَا بُهْتَـٰنٌ عَظِيمٌ

Word by word

وَلَوْلَآ
And why not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
لَوْلَآPreposition — exhortation
إِذْ
when
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
إِذْNoun — time adverb
سَمِعْتُمُوهُ
you heard it
Verb
Root: سمع
Grammar (i'rab)
سَمِعْVerb — perfect، 2nd masc. plur.
تُمُوNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
هُNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
قُلْتُم
you said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قُلْVerb — perfect، 2nd masc. plur.
تُمNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
مَّا
Not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مَّاPreposition — negative
يَكُونُ
it is
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
يَكُونُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
لَنَآ
for us
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — preposition، prefix
نَآNoun — pronoun، 1st plur.
أَن
that
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنPreposition — subordinating
نَّتَكَلَّمَ
we speak
Verb
Root: كلم
Grammar (i'rab)
نَّتَكَلَّمَVerb — imperfect، 1st plur.
بِهَٰذَا
of this
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
هَٰPreposition — ATT، prefix
ذَاNoun — demonstrative، masc. sing.
سُبْحَٰنَكَ
Glory be to You
Noun
Root: سبح
Grammar (i'rab)
سُبْحَٰنَNoun — masculine، accusative
كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
هَٰذَا
This
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
هَٰPreposition — ATT، prefix
ذَاNoun — demonstrative، masc. sing.
بُهْتَٰنٌ
(is) a slander
Noun
Root: بهت
Grammar (i'rab)
بُهْتَٰنٌNoun — masculine، indefinite، nominative
عَظِيمٌ
great
Noun
Root: عظم
Grammar (i'rab)
عَظِيمٌNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، nominative، adjective

Translation

EN

And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? - "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to Allah! this is a most serious slander!"

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

When you heard the lie, why did you not say, ‘We should not repeat this- God forbid!- It is a monstrous slander’?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Wherefor, when ye heard it, said ye not: It is not for us to speak of this. Glory be to Thee (O Allah)! This is awful calumny.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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"?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

O'nu işittiğinizde: "Bu konuda konuşmamız yakışık almaz; haşa, bu büyük bir iftiradır" demeniz gerekmez miydi?

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onu duyduğunuzda "Bunu konuşup yaymamız bize yakışmaz. Haşâ! Bu, çok büyük bir iftiradır..." demeli değil miydiniz?

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Onu (iftirayı) duyduğunuzda “Bu konuda konuşmamız bize yakışmaz. (Allah’a yönelerek) Sen yücesin. Bu, çok büyük bir iftiradır!” demeniz gerekmez miydi!

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وهلا قلتم عند سماعكم إياه: ما يَحِلُّ لنا الكلام بهذا الكذب، تنزيهًا لك - يارب - مِن قول ذلك على زوجة رسولك محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، فهو كذب عظيم في الوزر واستحقاق الذنب.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution