Comparative Study
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1  Surely those who accuse chaste, unsuspecting, believing women are cursed in this life and the Hereafter. And they will suffer a tremendous punishment  Dr. Mustafa Khattab

2  [But,] verily, those who [falsely, and without repentance,] accuse chaste women who may have been unthinkingly careless but have remained true to their faith, shall be rejected [from God’s grace] in this world as well as in the life to come: and awesome suffering awaits them  Muhammad Asad

3  Those who slander honorable, innocent, believing women are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter. They will have a terrible punishment.  Talal Itani

4  Those who charge with slander those Believing women, who are chaste but simple souls, are accursed in this world and in the Hereafter: there is a great punishment for them.  Maududi

5  Verily, those who accuse chaste women, who never even think of anything touching their chastity and are good believers, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter, and for them will be a great torment,  Muhsin Khan

6  Those who accuse honourable but unwary believing women are rejected by God, in this life and the next. A painful punishment awaits them  Muhammad Abdel Haleem

7  Truly, those who accuse the ones who are free, unwary, chaste female believers were cursed in the present and the world to come and for them will be a serious punishment  Dr.Leila Bakhtiar

8  Lo! as for those who traduce virtuous, believing women (who are) careless, cursed are they in the world and the Hereafter. Theirs will be an awful doom.  Marmaduke Pickthall

9  Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment  Sahih Int.

10  Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty,-  Yusuf Ali

11  indeed, those who accuse the chaste women, the unaware women (and) the believing women, are cursed in the world and the hereafter. and for them (is) a punishment great.  Word by Word