24:16 wa law laa idh sami’Åtumuuhu qultum maa yakuunu lanaa an natakal-lama bi haadhaa subHaanaka haadhaa buhtaanun ‘AZiym

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And why was it not that, when you heard it, you would have said, "It does not befit us to speak regarding this; Purity is to You, O Allah - this is a great accusation."

Yusuf Ali:
And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? - "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to Allah! this is a most serious slander!"

Pickthal:
Wherefor, when ye heard it, said ye not: It is not for us to speak of this. Glory be to Thee (O Allah)! This is awful calumny.