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CH. 24 AN-NÜR PT. 18 وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيم and the Hereafter. And for them is a grievous chastisement, 2606 يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ On the day when their. 25 tongues and their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do. 2607 وَاَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ) "17:37; 36:66; 41:21-23. various meanings of the root word 2606. Important Words: would signify غافلات the word ,غفل غافلة careless) is the plural of) غافلات which is active participle in feminine gender from. They say a i. e. he was or became unmindful, forgetful, neglectful or heedless of it or inadvertent to it. An Arab would sayi. e. he who pursues the object of the chase becomes busy and possessed by it so that he becomes unmindful or unaware of other things. means, he hid the thing. äléc means, forgetfulness; heedlessness; inadvertence; lack of consciousness (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The subject of scandal-mongering and slander is closed with a severe warning to the slanderers that in addition to the corporal punishment they will incur and the moral obloquy that will remain attached to them, they will carry the curse of God on their heads in this world and in the life to come unless they completely cleanse and reform themselves by real, true and sincere repentance. This shows how serious a view Islam takes of the moral offence of slander and scandal-mongering. Taking into consideration those righteous women who have no idea or consciousness of having done any wrong. The use of this word in connection with the calumny about 'A'ishah establishes her complete innocence, implying that that paragon of virtue and righteousness had no idea or consciousness of having done any wrong. 2607. Commentary: Recent scientific researches have established the truth of this verse. Scientific instruments have been invented which if placed in a room can preserve the talk of a person and even the sound of the movements of his hands, feet or other organs of his body. The instruments greatly help the police in apprehending thieves and other culprits and in bringing them to book. Thus with the help of these instruments the tongue, hands and feet of a guilty person, as it were, bear witness against him. What a great tribute and infallible testimony the invention of these scientific appliances has borne to the Quran being the revealed Word of the All- the Knowing God. Science has also 2264