¹  If only the believing men and women had thought well of one another, when you heard this ˹rumour˺, and said, “This is clearly ˹an outrageous˺ slander!”  Dr. Mustafa Khattab

²  Why do not the believing men and women, whenever such [a rumour] is heard, think the best of one another and say, “This is an obvious falsehood”?  Muhammad Asad

³  Why, when you heard about it, the believing men and women did not think well of one another, and say, “This is an obvious lie”?  Talal Itani

⁴  When you heard of it, why didn't the Believing men and the Believing women have a good opinion of themselves, and why did they not say, "This is a manifest slander?"  Maududi

⁵  Why then, did not the believers, men and women, when you heard it (the slander) think good of their own people and say: This (charge) is an obvious lie?  Muhsin Khan

⁶  When you heard the lie, why did believing men and women not think well of their own people and declare, ‘This is obviously a lie’?  Muhammad Abdel Haleem

⁷  Why not when you heard about it, thought not the ones who are male believers and the ones who are female believers the better of themselves and have said: This is a clear calumny?  Dr.Leila Bakhtiar

⁸  Why did not the believers, men and women, when ye heard it, think good of their own folk; and say: It is a manifest untruth?  Marmaduke Pickthall

⁹  Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?  Sahih Int.

¹⁰  Why did not the believers - men and women - when ye heard of the affair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say, "This (charge) is an obvious lie" ?  Yusuf Ali

¹¹  why not, when you heard it, think the believing men and the believing women good of themselves and say, "this (is) a lie clear?"  Word by Word