Al-Ahzab 33:58
The Combined Forces · Medinan · Juz 22 · Page 426
Unjust Harm
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡذُونَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ مَا ٱكۡتَسَبُواْ فَقَدِ ٱحۡتَمَلُواْ بُهۡتَٰنࣰا وَإِثۡمࣰا مُّبِينࣰا ٥٨
And those who malign believing men and believing women undeservedly, they bear the guilt of slander and manifest sin.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Those who harm believing men and women for what they have not earned bear slander and manifest sin.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is harming them, materially or morally, by word or deed, in a way they did not cause or deserve.
Reflect
Hurt no one with something they don’t deserve.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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