An-Nur-12, Surah The Light Verse-12

If only the believing men and the believing women, when they heard of it (of the slander), had thought good in their own minds, and said: “This is a manifest slander”.

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!

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’?

When you heard of it, why did the believing men and women not think well of one another and declare: "This is obviously a slander"?

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

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”?

When you heard of this (accusation) why did not the believing men and believing women have a better opinion in respect of their own people and say, `This (charge) is an obvious lie?´

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'?

Verily, those who spread the slander are a gang among you. Deem it not as an evil for you. Nay, it is good for you. Every man of them shall have what he has earned of sin; and he among them who had the greater share (took the lead), for him is an awful doom.

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?"

Surely they who concocted the lie are a party from among you. Deem it not an evil to you. Nay, it is good for you. For every man of them is what he has earned of sin; and as for him among them who took upon himself the main part thereof, he shall have a grievous punishment.

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?

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?

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".

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

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"?

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"?

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”?

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?"

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"?