Verse. 2804

٢٤ - ٱلنُّور

24 - An-Nour

لَوْلَا جَاۗءُوْ عَلَيْہِ بِاَرْبَعَۃِ شُہَدَاۗءَ۝۰ۚ فَاِذْ لَمْ يَاْتُوْا بِالشُّہَدَاۗءِ فَاُولٰۗىِٕكَ عِنْدَ اللہِ ہُمُ الْكٰذِبُوْنَ۝۱۳
Lawla jaoo AAalayhi biarbaAAati shuhadaa faith lam yatoo bialshshuhadai faolaika AAinda Allahi humu alkathiboona

English

Ahmed Ali

Why did they not bring four witnesses (in support of their charge)? And since they did not bring the four witnesses they are themselves liars in the sight of God.

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (why did they not produce four witnesses) four, upright witnesses to support their claim? (since they produce not witnesses) four witnesses, (they verily are liars in the sight of allah).

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : why did they, that is, this band [of accusers], not produce four witnesses to it?, who had witnessed it. and since they did not produce the witnesses, those, in god’s sight, in his judgement, they are liars, in this [matter].