Surah 24. An-Nur, Ayah 23
| إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ |
| Asad | : | [But,] verily, those who [falsely, and without repentance,28 ] accuse chaste women who may have been unthinkingly careless but have remained true to their faith,29 shall be rejected [from God's grace] in this world as well as in the life to come: and awesome suffering awaits them |
| Malik | : | Those who accuse chaste but careless believing women are cursed in this life, and in the Hereafter they shall have a grievous punishment. |
| Pickthall | : | Lo! as for those who traduce virtuous, believing women (who are) careless, cursed are they in the world and the Hereafter. Theirs will be an awful doom. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Those who slander chaste women indiscreet but believing are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty 2975 |
| Transliteration | : | Inna allatheena yarmoona almuhsanati alghafilati almuminati luAAinoo fee alddunya waalakhirati walahum AAathabun AAatheemun |
Note - 28According to Razi, the absence of repentance is
incontrovertibly implied in the condemnation expressed in
the sequence, since the Qur'an makes it clear in many
places that God always accepts a sinner's sincere
repentance.
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Note - 29Lit., "chaste, unmindful [or "careless"] believing
women", i.e., virtuous women who thoughtlessly expose
themselves to situations on which a slanderous
construction may be put.
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Note - 2975Good women are sometimes indiscreet because they think of
no evil. But even such innocent indiscretion lands them,
and those who hold them dear, in difficulties. Such was
the case with Hadhrat 'Aisha, who was in extreme pain and
anguish for a whole month because of the slanders spread
about her. Her husband and her father were also placed in
a most awkward predicament, considering their position
and the great work in which they were engaged. But
unprincipled people, who start false slanders, and their
unthinking tools who help in spreading such slanders, are
guilty of the gravest spiritual offence, and their worst
punishment is the deprivation of Allah's grace, which is
the meaning of a state of Curse.
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According to Razi, the absence of repentance is incontrovertibly implied in the condemnation expressed in the sequence, since the Qur'an makes it clear in many places that God always accepts a sinner's sincere repentance. |
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Good women are sometimes indiscreet because they think of no evil. But even such innocent indiscretion lands them, and those who hold them dear, in difficulties. Such was the case with Hadhrat 'Aisha, who was in extreme pain and anguish for a whole month because of the slanders spread about her. Her husband and her father were also placed in a most awkward predicament, considering their position and the great work in which they were engaged. But unprincipled people, who start false slanders, and their unthinking tools who help in spreading such slanders, are guilty of the gravest spiritual offence, and their worst punishment is the deprivation of Allah's grace, which is the meaning of a state of Curse. |
