About the Surah
Surah Title : النور
English Title : An-Nur
Order in Al-Mushaf : 24
Number of Verses : 64
Type : madinah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 350 To Page 359
An-Nur
إِذۡ تَلَقَّوۡنَهُۥ بِأَلۡسِنَتِكُمۡ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفۡوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيۡسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ وَتَحۡسَبُونَهُۥ هَيِّنٗا وَهُوَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٞ
15When you were propagating with your tongues, and expressing it with your mouths about which you had no knowledge. You considered it a light matter, while in the sight of Allah it was a very great thing (i.e. a major sin).
15The reason for descending the verse
On the authority of `A’isha the mother of the believers,she said(when the slanderers said what they said about her),“I went to my bed knowing at that time that I was innocent and that Allah would reveal my innocence, but by Allah, I never thought that Allah would reveal in my favour a revelation which would be recited, for I considered myself too unimportant to be talked about by Allah in the Divine Revelation that was to be recited.” So Allah revealed the ten verses (of surah An-Nur). (Al-Bukhari)
