Translation:
Why did not the believers - men and women 2965 - when you heard of the affair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say, "This (charge) is an obvious lie" ?
Why did not the believers - men and women 2965 - when you heard of the affair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say, "This (charge) is an obvious lie" ?
Translation:
Why do not the believing men and women, whenever such [a rumour] is heard, 15 think the best of one another and say, “This is an obvious falsehood”?
Why do not the believing men and women, whenever such [a rumour] is heard, 15 think the best of one another and say, “This is an obvious falsehood”?
Commentary:
15 Lit., ‘‘whenever you hear it" - the pronoun "you" indicating here the community as a whole.
15 Lit., ‘‘whenever you hear it" - the pronoun "you" indicating here the community as a whole.
2965 Both men and women were involved in spreading the scandal. Their obvious duty was to put the best, not the worst, construction on the acts of one of the "mothers of the Believers".