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وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـٰذَا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ هَـٰذَا بُهْتَـٰنٌ عَظِيمٌۭ ١٦

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

Tafsir of "Ibn Kathir" (English)

Further Discipline This is further discipline, in addition to the command to think well of people, i.e., if something unbefitting is mentioned about good people, then one should think well of them, and not feel towards them anything but good. Then if a person has any unsuitable thoughts about them, insinuated into his mind and imagination by Shaytan, he should not speak about that, for the Prophet said:إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى تَجَاوَزَ لاُِمَّتِي عَمَّا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسُهَا مَا لَمْ تَقُلْ أَوْ تَعْمَلْAllah will excuse my Ummah for anything that occurs to their minds, so long as they do not speak about it or act upon it.This was reported in the Two Sahihs.Allah's saying:وَلَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَا أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَذَاAnd why did you not, when you heard it, say:"It is not right for us to speak of this".meaning, we should not talk about it or mention it to anyone.سُبْحَانَكَ هَذَا بُهْتَانٌ عَظِيمٌGlory be to You (O Allah)! This is a great lie.means, glory be to Allah that such a thing should be said about the wife of His Prophet and close Friend.Then Allah says

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