Is it not of their own calumny that they say,

Is it a calumny, gods apart from God, that you desire?

and for their unbelief, and their uttering against Mary a mighty calumny,

And for their faithlessness, and their uttering a monstrous calumny against Mary,

Also for their disbelief and their saying about Mary a great calumny,

And for their blasphemy and for their speaking against Maryam a mighty calumny.

And because of their disbelief and of their speaking against Mary a tremendous calumny

And for their unbelief and for their having uttered against Marium a grievous calumny.

and for their going so far in unbelief as uttering against Mary a mighty calumny,

And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, bear (on themselves) a calumny and a glaring sin.

Those who cause hurt to believing men and to believing women have invited upon themselves a calumny and a manifest sin.

He who commits a mistake or iniquity and ascribes it to one who is innocent, is guilty of calumny and brazen sin.

Those who slander believing men and women for what they have not done, will bear the burden of calumny and clear iniquity.

And those who hurt believing men and believing women, without that they have earned it, have laid upon themselves calumny and manifest sin.

And whosoever earns a fault or a sin and then casts it upon the innocent, thereby has laid upon himself calumny and manifest sin.

And whosoever earnoth a vice or a sin, and thereafter casteth it on an innocent, he hath surely borne a calumny and a manifest sin.

And those who annoy the believing men and the believing women, without their earning it, shall surely bear the guilt of calumny and manifest sin.

But someone who commits an iniquity or sin and then accuses an innocent person of it, is indeed guilty of calumny and a flagrant sin.

Why, when you heard it, did the believing men and women not of their own account think good thoughts, and say, 'This is a manifest calumny'?

Wherefore, when ye heard it, did not the believing men and believing women imagine best of their own people and say this is a calumny manifest!

When you first heard about it, why did not the faithful, men and women, think well of their folks, and say, This is an obvious calumny ?

Why did you not say when you heard it It is not for us to speak of it? God preserve us, it is a great calumny!

The unbelievers say, 'This is naught but a calumny he has forged, and other folk have helped him to it.' So they have committed wrong and falsehood.

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.

And why, when you heard it, did you not say, 'It is not for us to speak about this glory be to Thee! This is a mighty calumny'?

And whoever commits a fault or a sin, then accuses of it one innocent, he indeed takes upon himself the burden of a calumny and a manifest sin.

And anyone who commits an offence or a sin, then charges an innocent person with it, shall certainly bear the guilt of a calumny and a manifest sin.

And why did you not, when you heard it, say It does not beseem us that we should talk of it glory be to Thee! this is a great calumny?

And why did you not, when you heard it, say, It is not for us to say such a thing. O Allah! You are immaculate! This is a monstrous calumny!

And if you desire to exchange a wife in place of another, and you have given to one a hundredweight, take of it nothing. What, will you take it by way of calumny and manifest sin?

The unbelievers say, as regards the believers, 'If it had been aught good, they had not outstripped us to it.' And since they are not guided by it, certainly they will say, 'This is an old calumny!'

Then why did those not help them that they had taken to themselves as mediators, gods apart from God? Not so but they went astray from them, and that was their calumny, and what they had been forging.

And if ye wish to exchange one wife for another and ye have given unto one of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it. Would ye take it by the way of calumny and open wrong?

If you desire to take a wife in place of another, and you have given one of them a quintal of gold , do not take anything away from it. Would you take it by way of calumny and flagrant sin?!

If you wish to take a wife in the place of another wife, and you have given to one a Qintar (98, 841. 6 lbs.) so do not take from it anything. What, will you take it by way of calumny and a clear sin!

You only serve, apart from God, idols and you create a calumny those you serve, apart from God, have no power to provide for you. So seek after your provision with God, and serve Him, and be thankful to Him unto Him you shall be returned.

And when Our signs are recited to them, clear signs, they say, 'This is naught but a man who desires to bar you from that your fathers served' and they say, 'This is nothing but a forged calumny.' And the unbelievers say to the truth, when it has come to them, 'This is nothing but manifest sorcery.

Verily those who brought forward the calumny were a small band among Deem it not an evil for you nay, it was good for you. Unto every one of them shall be that which he hath earned of the sin, and he among them who undertook the bulk of it for him shall be a torment mighty.

Indeed those who initiated the calumny are a group from among yourselves. Do not suppose it is bad thing for you. No, it is for your good. Each man among them bears the onus for his share in the sin, and as for him who assumed its major burden from among them, there is a great punishment for him.