: If it were not for Allah's grace and mercy on you, and that Allah is
Oft-Returning, Full of Wisdom,- (Ye would be ruined indeed).

P: And had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you,
and that Allah is Clement, Wise, (ye had been undone).

S: And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy-- and that
Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Wise!

024.011
Y: Those who brought forward the lie are a body among yourselves: think
it not to be an evil to you; On the contrary it is good for you: to
every man among them (will come the punishment) of the sin that he
earned, and to him who took on himself the lead among them, will be a
penalty grievous.

P: Lo! they who spread the slander are a gang among you. Deem it not a
bad thing for you; nay, it is good for you. Unto every man of them
(will be paid) that which he hath earned of the sin; and as for him
among them who had the greater share therein, his will be an awful
doom.

S: Surely they who concocted the lie are a party from among you. Do not
regard it an evil to you; nay, it is good for you. Every man of them
shall have what he has earned of sin; and (as for) him who took upon
himself the main part thereof, he shall have a grievous chastisement.

024.012
Y: 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"?

P: 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?

S: Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard
it, think well of their own people, and say: This is an evident
falsehood?

024.013
Y: Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it? When they have not
brought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of Allah, (stand forth)
themselves as liars!

P: Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not
witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.

S: Why did they not bring four witnesses of it? But as they have not
brought witnesses they are liars before Allah.

024.014
Y: Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, in this world
and the Hereafter, a grievous penalty would have seized you in that ye
rushed glibly into this affair.

P: Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you in the
world and the Hereafter an awful doom had overtaken you for that
whereof ye mur