Quran 24:12

لَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا هَذَا إِفْكٌ مُبِينٌ

Ahmad Ali

Why did the faithful men and women not think well of their people when they heard this, and said: "This is a clear lie?"

Ali Qarai

When you [first] heard about it, why did not the faithful, men and women, think well of their folks, and say, ‘This is an obvious calumny’?

Amhad Khan

Why was it not that the believing men and women, when you heard it, thought good of their own people, and had said, “This is a clear accusation”?

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'?

Corpus Quran

Why not, when you heard it, think the believing men and the believing women good of themselves and say, "This (is) a lie clear?"

Daryabadi

Wherefore, when ye heard it, did not the believing men and believing women imagine best of their own people and say: this is a calumny manifest!

Hilali & Khan

Why then, did not the believers, men and women, when you heard it (the slander) think good of their own people and say: "This (charge) is an obvious lie?"

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?"

Muhammad Sarwar

Would that on your hearing this report, the believing men and woman among you had a favorable attitude towards it, and had said, "This report is clearly false".

Muhammad Shakir

Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say: This is an evident falsehood?

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?

Qaribullah

Had you heard it, and the believing men and women, thought good thoughts about one another said: 'This is a clear falsehood'

Sahih Intl

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"?

Talal 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”?

Wahihuddin Khan

When you heard of it, why did not the believing men and believing women think well of their own people, and say, "This is a manifest slander?"

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"?