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Verse 19of 64

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةُ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, those who like that immorality should be spread [or publicized] among those who have believed will have a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And Allah knows and you do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يُحِبُّونَyuḥibbūnalike
أَنanthat
تَشِيعَtashīʿa(should) spread
ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةُl-fāḥishatuthe immorality
فِىamong
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَهُمْlahumfor them
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful
فِىin
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
لَا(do) not
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Disciplining Those Who like that Illegal Sexual Intercourse should be circulated among the BelieversThis is a third instance of discipline directed at those who hear evil talk, believe it to some extent, and start to spread it; they should not spread such talk or pass it on to others.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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