Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:11

24:11

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو بِٱلْإِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِّنكُمْ ۚ لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَرًّا لَّكُم ۖ بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُم مَّا ٱكْتَسَبَ مِنَ ٱلْإِثْمِ ۚ وَٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ كِبْرَهُۥ مِنْهُمْ لَهُۥ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

inna alladhīna jāū bil-if'ki ʿuṣ'batun minkum lā taḥsabūhu sharran lakum bal huwa khayrun lakum likulli im'ri-in min'hum mā ik'tasaba mina l-ith'mi wa-alladhī tawallā kib'rahu min'hum lahu ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

Indeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather, it is good for you. For every person among them is what [punishment] he has earned from the sin, and he who took upon himself the greater portion thereof - for him is a great punishment [i.e., Hellfire].

— Saheeh International

It was a group from among you that concocted the lie––do not consider it a bad thing for you [people]; it was a good thing––and every one of them will be charged with the sin he has earned. He who took the greatest part in it will have a painful punishment.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily those who brought forth the slander (against ‘Âishah رضي الله عنها the wife of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) are a group among you. Consider it not a bad thing for you. Nay, it is good for you. Unto every man among them will be paid that which he had earned of the sin, and as for him among them who had the greater share therein, his will be a great torment.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
جَآءُوjāūbrought
بِٱلْإِفْكِbil-if'kithe lie
عُصْبَةٌۭʿuṣ'batun(are) a group
مِّنكُمْۚminkumamong you
لَاlā(Do) not
تَحْسَبُوهُtaḥsabūhuthink it
شَرًّۭاsharranbad
لَّكُمۖlakumfor you
بَلْbalnay
هُوَhuwait
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) good
لَّكُمْۚlakumfor you
لِكُلِّlikulliFor every
ٱمْرِئٍۢim'ri-inperson
مِّنْهُمmin'humamong them
مَّاmā(is) what
ٱكْتَسَبَik'tasabahe earned
مِنَminaof
ٱلْإِثْمِۚl-ith'mithe sin
وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīand the one who
تَوَلَّىٰtawallātook upon himself a greater share of it
كِبْرَهُۥkib'rahutook upon himself a greater share of it
مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
لَهُۥlahufor him
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat