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wa lawlaa 'iv samiEtumuuhu qultum maa yakuunu lanaa 'an natakallama bi haavaa subHaanaka haavaa buhtaanun EaZeemun {16}

[Shakir 24:16] 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?
[Pickthal 24:16] 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.
[Yusufali 24:16] And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? - "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to Allah! this is a most serious slander!"

samiEtumuuhu: you all heard it