Surah Nur Ayat 15 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 15
When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allah, tremendous.
Behold, ye received it on your tongues, and said out of your mouths things of which ye had no knowledge; and ye thought it to be a light matter, while it was most serious in the sight of Allah.
(Just think how erroneous you were,) when you passed this lie on from one tongue to the other and uttered with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge. You took it as a trifling matter whereas it was a grave offence in the sight of Allah.
When you were propagating it with your tongues, and uttering with your mouths that whereof you had no knowledge, you counted it a little thing, while with Allah it was very great.
When ye welcomed it with your tongues, and uttered with your mouths that whereof ye had no knowledge, ye counted it a trifle. In the sight of Allah it is very great.
As you received it on your tongues and were saying with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and reckoned it was a simple thing, and in the Reckoning of Allah it is a tremendous thing.
When you took it up with your tongues, and spoke with your mouths things you did not know [to be true], you thought it was trivial but to God it was very serious.
جب کہ تم اسے اپنی زبانوں سے نقل در نقل کرنے لگے اور اپنے منھ سے وه بات نکالنے لگے جس کی تمہیں مطلق خبر نہ تھی، گو تم اسے ہلکی بات سمجھتے رہے لیکن اللہ تعالیٰ کے نزدیک وه بہت بڑی بات تھی
Quran 24 Verse 15 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Nur ayat 15, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(24:15) (Just think, how wrong you were) when one tongue received it from another and you uttered with your mouths something you knew nothing about. You deemed it to be a trifle while in the sight of Allah it was a serious matter.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah An-Nur verse 15 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Nur ayat 14 which provides the complete commentary from verse 14 through 15.
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