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An-Nur (The Light) · Ayah 16

وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـٰذَا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ هَـٰذَا بُهْتَـٰنٌ عَظِيمٌ 16

And why, when you heard it, did you not say, "It is not for us to speak of this. Exalted are You, [O Allāh]; this is a great slander"?

وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd why not
إِذْidhwhen
noun
سَمِعْتُمُوهُsamiʿ'tumūhuyou heard it
قُلْتُمqul'tumyou said
مَّاNot
يَكُونُyakūnuit is
لَنَآlanāfor us
noun
أَنanthat
نَّتَكَلَّمَnatakallamawe speak
بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāof this
noun
سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
noun
بُهْتَـٰنٌbuh'tānun(is) a slander
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat
عظم'-z-madjective
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