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.
Tafseer
{ إن الذين يحبون أن تشيع الفاحشة } باللسان { في الذين آمنوا } بنسبتها إليهم وهم العصبة { لهم عذاب أليم في الدنيا } بحد القذف { والآخرة } بالنار لحق الله { والله يعلم } انتفاءها عنهم { وأنتم } أيها العصبة بما قلتم من الإفك { لا تعلمون } وجودها فيهم .
{Those who love that immorality should be spread} by tongue {among those who have believed} by attributing it to them, and they are the group {will have a painful punishment in this world} by the punishment for slander {and in the Hereafter} by the fire for the right of God {and God knows} its absence from them {and you} O group, by what you said of falsehood {do not know} its existence among them.
