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Surah An-Nur, Verse 13

سورة النور، الآية ١٣

24:13 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 351 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 24:13

لَّوْلَا جَآءُو عَلَيْهِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَإِذْ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلشُّهَدَآءِ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰذِبُونَ ۝١٣

Transliteration

lawlā jāū ʿalayhi bi-arbaʿati shuhadāa fa-idh lam yatū bil-shuhadāi fa-ulāika ʿinda l-lahi humu l-kādhibūna

Translation

Why did they [who slandered] not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allāh, who are the liars.

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Verse 13 of Surah An-Nur (24:13), a Medinan surah, is in juz 18, on page 351 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 13

Al-Mukhtasar

Why did those who accuse the Mother of the Believers Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) not bring four witnesses upon their grave accusation, to testify to the authenticity of what they attributed to her? But if they do not bring four witnesses on that, and they will never be able to bring them, they are liars in the order of Allah.

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Other translations of verse 13

Why did they not produce four witnesses to prove it? Now, since they failed to produce witnesses, they are the liars before Allah.

Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they (the slanderers) have not produced witnesses! Then with Allâh they are the liars.

Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.

Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it? When they have not brought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of Allah, (stand forth) themselves as liars!

Why did they not bring four witnesses of it? But as they have not brought witnesses they are liars before Allah.

If they had come up with four witnesses against it- yet as they did not come up with the witnesses, then those, in the Reckoning of Allah, are they (who are) the liars.

Verse 13 word by word

  1. لَّوْلَا lawlā Why (did) not
  2. جَآءُو jāū they bring ج ي أ
  3. عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi for it
  4. بِأَرْبَعَةِ bi-arbaʿati four ر ب ع
  5. شُهَدَآءَ shuhadāa witnesses ش ه د
  6. فَإِذْ fa-idh Then when
  7. لَمْ lam not
  8. يَأْتُوا۟ yatū they brought أ ت ي
  9. بِٱلشُّهَدَآءِ bil-shuhadāi the witnesses ش ه د
  10. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ fa-ulāika then those
  11. عِندَ ʿinda near Allah ع ن د
  12. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi near Allah
  13. هُمُ humu they
  14. ٱلْكَٰذِبُونَ l-kādhibūna (are) the liars ك ذ ب

Hadiths that cite this verse

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 2637

About the story of `Aisha and their narrations were similar attesting each other, when the liars said what they invented about `Aisha, and the Divine Inspiration was delayed, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent for `Ali and Usama to consult them in divorcing his wife (i.e. `Aisha). Usama said, "Keep your…

مَنْ يَعْذِرُنَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ بَلَغَنِي أَذَاهُ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فَوَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِي إِلاَّ خَيْرًا، وَلَقَدْ ذَكَرُوا رَجُلاً مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ خَيْرًا ‏"

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